"The past 24 hours have been unprecedented for rail connectivity in West Bengal. Perhaps in the last 100 years, so much work hasn't been done in 24 hours," PM Modi said.
Kolkata/Dhaka [India/ Bangladesh], Aug 12 (ANI): Shipping goods from Kolkata to northeastern states is costlier and time-consuming. The 'chicken's neck' or the 22-km wide Siliguri corridor is the only land-based connection to northeastern states of India.