Hmawngbuchhuah
Location
147 km from the State capital, Aizawl. It lies on the border between Myanmar and India. It is on the east bank of Sekulh Lui River which makes the border.
Demographics
As of the 2011 Census of India, the population in Hmawngbuchhuah village is 389, with 97 Households. There are 190 males (49%) and 199 females (51%), with 3% Scheduled Tribe and no Scheduled Caste.
Connectivity
It is 4 km South of the District headquarters Lawngtlai. It is located on the India-Myanmar border where National Highway 502 (India), Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, enters Myanmar.
The 100 km route from the Indo-Myanmar border at Zorinpui to Aizawl has been upgraded to two lanes in both directions (a total of four). From Aizawl it connect to Aizawl-Saiha National Highway at Lawngtlai in Mizoram in India by road on National Highway 54 (India) (NH-54), which then continues further to Dabaka in Assam via 850 km long NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting North East India with the rest of India. Almost complete (June 2017). Tender has been awarded, upgrade to this national highway is under-construction and to be Completed by 2019.
A survey of the rail line from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah on the border near Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and will be constructed in future phases.
Economy
The mainstay of the economy is agriculture. It is also a border town with integrated check posts being built, which will be operational by April 2019.
See also
References
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah info
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah village
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project details
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project railway survey
- ^ "Multi-modal route map". Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ India awards road contract to complete Kaladan project in Myanmar, Business Line, 9 June 2017.
- ^ Still under construction, The Statesman, 13 May 2018.
- ^ India's northeast opened up Archived 27 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, PowerUpConstruction.Com