India, Sept. 14 -- Once considered a distant terrain, the northeast region is now being threaded together with ambitious railway projects - signalling not just connectivity, but a new era of commerce, mobility, and integration for India's northeastern frontier, according to the government on Saturday.

Among them is Mizoram's 51 km Bairabi-Sairang railway line, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, a milestone that has finally put Aizawl on India's railway map.

General Manager / DRM / CCM / CPRO of Zonal Railways

"Once dependent on a handful of isolated stations, the region now stands at the cusp of a railway renaissance. Since 2014, railway allocations to the region have multiplied five times, touching Rs 62,477 cror...