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With the government of India seeking to transform the north east in order to bring about huge economic benefits to the nation, the vital roles played by air, rail and road networks cannot be under stressed. It has been clearly restated many times even by prime minister Narendra Modi that when north east India is transformed then India will also be transformed. The north east is perched on the extreme-most part of India and sharing international borders with China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. While there has been much talk and claims that the Modi government is action-oriented and for which it has changed the ‘Look East’ policy of the UPA into ‘Act East’; the taste of the pudding is however in the eating. Of particular interest for rail connectivity is that Nagaland has been given a beggarly attention. For balanced economic growth of the state, rail connectivity between Dimapur, the commercial hub with Naginimora-Tizit and also Amguri-Tuli is crucial. If the railway line is laid between Dimapur-Tizit (257 KMs) and Dimapur-Amguri-Tuli (162 KMs), then it will certainly open up the foothill areas of north-west Nagaland to a great extent. Bamboo, horticulture, minerals, petroleum etc have huge potential for future export and railways will play a very important part. Other states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have been given important railway projects. Over and above Guwahati-Dibrugarh line the NFR has already completed a parallel line from Guwahati-Jorhat-Sibsagar. Even on this score, it may be noted that Dimapur is still ranked as the second highest revenue earning station for the Northeastern Frontier Railway (NFR). So on this,Nagaland deserves important railway projects as with other states. Of course the Dimapur-Zubza line (82.50 Kms) which has been on the lips of state politicians for a long time, has been given its due importance as a national project with a total project cost of Rs.4600 crore. This project is important also but that does not mean it can play or satisfy the needs and potentials of every region of the state. The project is part of the national policy of interlinking all the state capitals of world with rail and air networks. It may be pointed out that due to wrong priorities among Nagaland’s politicians, the state has not been able to have a clear vision about the ground reality and so it is somewhat doubtful if the economic visions are actually based on real analysis. That the planners seem to suffer from aberration is clear with regard to how they seem to suggest that air and rail links in Dimapur are not matters of urgency. On the other hand politicians of other states whether they belong to any party, share a common denominator called practical vision and not impractical vision. Take for instance, how Manipur today is perched to become the next most important state for trade and commerce with the ASEAN countries. Imphal is set to become a potential rail hub in future through possible project extensions in the following: Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal (National Project); eastward extension: Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay; northward extension: Imphal-Kohima-via Northern Nagaland-Tirap (Arunachal Pradesh); southern extension: line coming from Paletwa (on the Kadalan Multi-Modal route)-Indo-Myanmar border-Lawngtlai-Aizwal-Churachandpur-Imphal. These reveal that Imphal is preparing to be a hub for railway connectivity with Myanmar from two sides and connect with Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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