Tawang gets year-round road access as the Sela Tunnel opens to traffic
The Sela Tunnel, a 13-kilometre twin-tube passage carved beneath the 13,700-foot Sela Pass, opened to civilian…
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Guwahati metro moves a step closer as state cabinet clears funding model
The Assam cabinet cleared the financing model for the Guwahati metro’s first 22-kilometre corridor, linking Lokpriya…
Agartala–Akhaura rail link marks a new chapter for Tripura’s connectivity
The Agartala–Akhaura cross-border railway, a 12-kilometre link connecting Tripura’s capital to Bangladesh’s network, has entered its…
Dima Hasao’s new rail tunnels promise all-weather links to the Barak Valley
The mountain railway through Dima Hasao — a vital but fragile artery to Assam’s Barak Valley…
Arunachal’s Siang river valley opens a new circuit of village homestays
The new highway along the Siang river, still being finished in places, has already changed the…
Aizawl to Haflong: the new hill road that rewires Mizoram’s northern links
The road that will link Aizawl to Haflong — 300 kilometres through some of the region’s…
The Dong tribe’s solar experiment: power for Arunachal’s most remote valley
Dong, the village that claims India’s first sunrise, is running a quiet experiment: a micro-grid of…
Gangtok’s waste problem: a hill capital fights its own landfill
Gangtok, a city built on a hillside with no room for sprawling landfills, is in a…
Mizoram’s road to Chittagong: the port dreams of a landlocked state
From Aizawl, Chittagong port is 72 kilometres away as the river flows. Getting there — through…
Sikkim’s rooftop solar push: the state that banned plastic bags now targets the grid
Sikkim, which banned plastic bags in 1998 and went fully organic in 2016, has a new…