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Key
National highway M i
Major road
Other road Along s h m i H i l l s
Daporjo
State border ARUNACHAL Pasighat Roing
International border
Kangto PRADESH Sadiya
7102m
SIKKIM Main railway Dibrugarh
Kanchendzonga Ziro Likhapani
8598m Minor railway Tawang Dafla Hills
Gangtok Tinsukia
Yuksam Summit Lakhimpur
Bomdila
Kalimpong Itanagar Brahmaputra
Darjeeling Sivasagar
Tezpur
Siliguri Jorhat
Bongaigaon Rangia
Jalpaiguri Nalbari Nagaon Mokokchung
Tuensang
Goalpara N a g a H i l l s
Koch Guwahati ASSAM NAGALAND
Dalkola Bihar Dhuburi Dimapur Saramati
Raiganj Shillong Kohima 3826m
Purnia MEGHALAYA
Tura Nongstoin
Garo Hills
Pandua Barail Range Ukhrul
Cherrapunji Dauki
Gaur Malda Karimganj MANIPUR
Imphal
Silchar Nungba M a n i p u r H i l l s
Jangipur
Dullabchara Moirang
Murshidabad
Dhanbad Baharampur Moreh
Siuri Agartala MIZORAM
Asansol Santiniketan TRIPURA
Durgapur Aizawl
Puruliya Barddhaman Belonia Mizo Hills
Bankura
ASSAM &
Bishnupur WEST Bhatpara THE NORTHEAST
BENGAL Lunglei
Chandannagar WEST
BENGAL
Kharagpur Baj Baj & SIKKIM
Rourkela Kolkata
Sundargarh Tuipang KOLKATA
Badamapaharh Haldia
Hirakud Simlipal Baripada ODISHA
Reservoir National Kakdwip The
Raipur Baragarh Barakot Park Sunderbans
Sambalpur Baleshwar
Ramapur Anandadur
Sonapur Anugul Bhadrak
Balangir Brahmani
ODISHA Dhenkanal Chandbali
Titilagarh Phulabani Cuttack Getting Around
Khandaparha
Paradwip Kolkata, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar, the three major
Bhubaneswar cities in this region, are well connected by air and rail
Bhavanipatna Rushikulya Konark to most parts of India. From Kolkata and Guwahati,
Asika Chilika Puri there are regular flights to all the northeastern states.
Taptapani Lake The hill station of Darjeeling is accessible by air or rail
Kotapad Berhampur Chhatrapur up to Bagdogra-Siliguri, from where buses and taxis
Rayagarha Gopalpur-on-Sea complete the journey on National Highway 31. The
Jaypur Koraput delightful Himalayan Toy Train (see p298) also runs
from Siliguri to Darjeeling, providing views of the
Himalayas en route. The Sikkimese capital Gangtok
Visakhapatnam
can be reached by heli copter from Bagdogra. From
Kolkata, most destina tions in West Bengal are reached
on National Highway 34. In Odisha, the major sights
are connected by National Highway 5. The gateway to
the northeast, Guwahati in Assam, has good road
links to the other six states on National Highways 37,
Tea gardens in Darjeeling, nestling in the foothills of the 40 and 52. Visitors require travel permits for some
Eastern Himalayas destinations in the northeast (see pp734–5).
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