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Mizoram's capital, Aizawl, has, for the first time since Independence, been connected to India's broad-gauge railway network with the completion of the Bairabi-Sairang rail project. The new link, built at a cost of Rs 5,021.45 crore, now ties the hill state into the national rail grid, marking a new phase of connectivity and development.
According to reports, the completed 51.38 km broad-gauge line enables trains to run at up to 100 kmph, linking Sairang to Bairabi and touching the national corridor that stretches from Tripura, through Guwahati, to Arunachal Pradesh. By connecting to Bairabi, Aizawl is now joined to the mainland...