Scindia Opens Rs 331 Crore Development Projects in Mizoram

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister for Communications and for the Development of the North Eastern Region (DoNER), took up ten development projects worth about Rs 331 crore in Mizoram on 12 October 2026. He dedicated five of them, costing around Rs 102 crore, to the people and laid foundation stones for five more worth Rs 228.54 crore. Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Lalduhoma was present at Tuivamit, where the minister went after landing in Aizawl.

What was dedicated and what was begun

The works dedicated to the people include the Daido-Vangkawt Road in Champhai, a 3.33-kilometre stretch built under NESIDS-Roads at Rs 17.24 crore in the Mizo ginger pilot belt; a 132 kV transmission line from Bairabi to West Phaileng through Mamit, 74 circuit kilometres long, at Rs 54.95 crore; the augmentation of the North Vanlaiphai water supply scheme at Rs 20.50 crore; an AYUSH Development Centre at Rs 2.64 crore; and the Aizawl Institute of Arts and Music for the North Eastern Region at Tuivamit Tlang, built at Rs 6.90 crore under the schemes of the North Eastern Council.

Foundation stones were laid for the Pukzing-Silsuri Road in Mamit, a 21-kilometre project at Rs 100.24 crore; the Tualpui-Champhai Road, also 21 kilometres, at Rs 57.01 crore across Khawzawl and Champhai districts; the Oil Palm Link Road of 32.70 kilometres at Rs 26.49 crore, expected to serve nearly 60,000 people in 19 villages of Kolasib, Mamit, Lunglei and Lawngtlai; a 40-bed hostel for the ANM School at Zemabawk in Aizawl at Rs 10 crore under NESIDS-OTRI; and sports infrastructure worth Rs 34.80 crore.

Money for the region

The minister said nearly four of every five sanctioned projects in the state stood completed, a result of work between the Centre and the state government. The Ginger Mission, he said, would draw close to 20,000 farming households into one value chain covering cultivation, processing, branding, transport and markets at home and abroad, so that more of the price of Mizo ginger stays with the grower.

Connectivity and tourism

• The 51.38-kilometre Bairabi-Sairang railway line placed Mizoram on India’s railway map
• More than 15 lakh passengers have travelled on over 1,100 train trips linking Aizawl with Guwahati, Kolkata and Delhi
• The Sairang-Silchar service has tied the state closer to the Barak Valley
• The first Food Corporation of India food-grain rake reached Sairang in March 2026 with about 26,000 quintals of rice from Punjab in 42 wagons
• Mizoram drew 4,94,362 domestic and 7,389 foreign tourist visits in the first six months of 2026

Calling the projects an investment in both routes and roots, Scindia said roads and lines carry Mizoram to the world while institutions of health, education, culture and sport keep it rooted. He described the effort as the old Mizo practice of Hnatlang, voluntary collective work for the village, carried out on a larger scale. This was his 35th visit to the North Eastern Region, and his two-day stay in Mizoram on 12 and 13 October 2026 also takes in students, civil society and bankers.