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NORTH EAST

A land of undulating hills

Northeast India is the eastern-most region of India. It comprises of the contiguous Seven Sister States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura), and the Himalayan state of Sikkim. The Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal, connects the North Eastern region with East India. The region shares more than 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi) of international border (about 90 per cent of its entire border area) with China (southern Tibet) in the north, Myanmar in the east, Bangladesh in the southwest, and Bhutan to the northwest.

The Northeast region can be physiographically categorised into the Eastern Himalaya, the Patkai and the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley plains. Northeast India (at the confluence of Indo-Malayan, Indo-Chinese, and Indian biogeographical realms) has a predominantly humid sub-tropical climate with hot, humid summers, severe monsoons, and mild winters. Along with the west coast of India, this region has some of the Indian sub-continent's last remaining rain forests, which support diverse flora and fauna and several crop species. Reserves of petroleum and natural gas in the region are estimated to constitute a fifth of India's total potential.

By Road
Guwahati is the center or junction of national highway number 31, 37, 40 and 52. Delhi is 2160 kilometers, Mumbai is 3104 kilometers, Chennai is 2688 kilometers, Kolkata is 1164 kilometers, Siliguri is 513 kilometers, Thimpu is 549 kilometers and Agartala is nearly 600 kilometers. Aizawl is nearly 500 kilometers, Bombdila is nearly 350 kilometers, Sibsagar is 350 kilometers, Shillong is about 100 kilometers, Silchar is about 340 kilometers, Tezpur is nearly 200 kilometers and Tura is nearly 200 kilometers.

By Train
Guwahati is the major junction of the Indian and the Northern Frontier Railway, it is well linked up with the rest of India.. Long distance trains are available for Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi etc on daily basis. Rajdhani Express from Delhi, Saraighat Express from Kolkata, Dadar Express from Mumbai and Bangalore Express are some of the regular long distance trains. Guwahati is also linked with Dimapur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Murkong - Selek.

By Air
There are regular flights to and from Kolkata, Bagdogra, Delhi, Dimapur, Shillong, Lucknow and Dibrugarh. There are flights to all other major towns of north East India. Helicopter services are operated from Guwahati to Shillong Guwahati to Tura and Guwahati to Naharlagun (Itanagar). Guwahati is the major airport of North east India and is one of the busiest airports due to number of flight services of chopper to all the towns of seven sister’s state.