Guwahati, June 24 -- Reported by Avik Chakraborty

Dibrugarh: Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein on Tuesday inaugurated a motorable steel girder Bailey bridge over the Rima river at Khamlang in Changlang district, improving connectivity for several villages in the area.

The bridge, inaugurated along with Nampong-Jairampur MLA Laisam Simai, is expected to benefit residents of Sangwal Khamlang, Tikhak Khamlang and Mossang Khamlang villages.

In a post on social media, Mein said the region had remained connected to the outside world through a hanging bridge for more than seven decades. Although Miao is geographically close to Khamlang, residents had to travel through Jairampur and Jagun in Assam to reach the town, covering ...