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Why are railways not common in North-East India?
The north-eastern part of the country is marked with the presence of big rivers, dissected relief, dense forests, frequent floods, landslides and international frontiers, etc. Since it is difficult to lay railway lines in hilly terrains or remote forested areas, railways are not common in North-East India.
What are the problems faced by North-East India?
There are existing territorial conflicts within the Northeastern states, including between Manipur and Nagaland, Nagaland and Assam, Meghalaya and Assam, and Mizoram and Assam. These are often based on historical border disputes and differing ethnic, tribal or cultural affinities.
Why is it difficult to train tracks in northern plains?
A large number of rivers requiring construction of bridges across the wide river beds in the northern plains posed some obstacles. The Himalayan mountainous regions too are unfavourable for the construction of railway lines due to high relief, sparse population and lack of economic opportunities.
Why was Northeast region isolated from the rest of India?
The entire area is hilly and full of tribes, more than 200. To escape diseases and dangers from other tribes in early days of head hunting, the tribes lived on higher mountain areas, developed their own dialects and customs and identities and remained isolated for a long time.
Why Sikkim is not included in Seven Sisters Upsc?
Why is the north-eastern region called the seven sisters and Sikkim their only brother? But, sadly Sikkim is not part of the seven sisters a sit is separated by a chicken neck corridor or Siliguri corridor. A tiny strip of land in the northern region of Bengal joins the North East with the rest of India.
What is the status of the northeast in India?
The Northeast, which compromises eight per cent of India’s total area and just four percent of its total population, has understandably remained on the periphery of mainstream India’s sub-conscious.
Is the centre neglecting Northeast India?
Nothing illustrates the neglect of Northeast by the centre as the figures of funds released by All India Financial Institutions. Out of the 50,000 crore plus sanctioned by these institutions, Assam got a measly 114 crore, Nagaland Rs. 4 crore and the rest of the states went without a single paise.
What was the impact of partition on northern India?
Northern India suffered heavily in terms of lives lost during the turbulent period of partition, but the East and the Northeast took a body blow in terms of infrastructure and links to the mainland. With one stroke of his blue pencil, Sir Cyril Radcliffe isolated the region from the rest of India.
Who is responsible for the political instability in the northeast?
“A parallel system of governance by the insurgents on the one hand and Ministers, MLAs, the bureaucracy and police on the other is responsible for the political instability in the Northeast.”