Recently constructed bridges in Northeastern region shows that connectivity contributes immensely to their overall development in various ways. Explain (200 Words )
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The single biggest factor which has shackled the development of the Northeast region is the absence of robust connectivity. Mazes of river systems across Arunachal Pradesh, with their confluence in the Brahmaputra, have posed an enormous challenge.
Connectivity and Development in Northeast region
1. Bogibeel, the longest rail-road bridge of India, spanning nearly five-km across the Brahmaputra. It will link Dibrugarh with North Lakhimpur district of Assam and parts of eastern Arunachal Pradesh.
Commissioning the bridge has reduced the journey time across the river to less than five minutes.
It has the potential to infuse economic dynamism in the region and provide opportunities for the expansion of tourism, industrial development and trade.
Bogibeel is the gateway to the historic Stilwell Road, which connects Ledo in Assam to Kunming in China, passing through Myanmar’s Kachin state, via Arunachal Pradesh.
The route could well become the centrepiece of the ambitious Act East Policy.
From a strategic standpoint, movement of troops has become a much quicker, efficient and reliable proposition.
2. Bhupen Hazarika bridge over the Lohit river
Besides improving the life of the people of Sadiya, this bridge will change the economy of many remote parts of Arunachal.
The bridge will not only greatly shorten the travel time of people living in that state’s Lohit, Upper Dibang and Lower Dibang districts but will also develop tourism in that belt, particularly in places like Mayodiya, Dong, Bismaknagar,
The bridge will certainly give the army access to an extremely remote part of the Chinese border, along the Anjaw and Dibang valley of Arunachal, allowing them to move tanks over it.
If these bridges will give the locals the vital road link that they are eagerly waiting for, they are also likely to render many of the village families jobless.
An estimated 250 families living in the villages along the Brahmaputra and another 300 families in Sadiya and Dhola area make a living from the daily ferry service.
So the state Government has the responsibility of providing “a rehabilitation package” for those people who lost their livelihoods.
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