After few years in 1961 all these stations were connected with broad gauge New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station which later became the most important railway station in Northeast India. In 1959, it received the status of a sanctuary mainly to protect the Indian bison and royal bengal tiger. The threat to the Siliguri corridor (also known as Chicken’s Neck) is perennial as China has continued its overt road and airstrip construction activities on its side of the border. Others are Terminalia tomentosa, Schima wallichii And the 3) Eastern Tarai Sal Forest generally found in lower altitudes compared to other two types of forest. Over time, Siliguri has grown from a village into a commercial hub. Shorea robusta. [164][165] Coronation Bridge, also known as Sevoke Bridge, is situated on lower Himalaya about 20 km from Siliguri and was made in 1930[166] This bridge spans across Teesta River. That is why the Indian Army is deployed in the Indian Army, which can ignore every and effective Chinese army and its soldiers. The merging of the two cities make them the largest metropolis of the region. Accept Read More. Also known as Donglang or Dolam, the plateau belongs to Bhutan. The “Chicken’s Neck”, also known as the Siliguri Corridor, is a small area of land that has been the center of a regional controversy in Asia for more than 50 years. Buried in the Himalayas in the Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's neck, Chinese and Indian military forces sit on the respective sides of their vague borders and entrench themselves for what could become a shooting war between nuclear powers. It connects India with the North-Eastern states. Geographically Northeast India is at a slight disadvantage as the connectivity is very limited. Particularly on Thursday at the city summit between Harski PM Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Wajid. In 1922, Siliguri Local Board with nominated members was created under the Bengal Local Self Government Act, 1885. First recognized in 1947, the Siliguri Corridor is located in a region between India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The presence of Bangladesh means that the North East is connected with the mainland by a particularly thin piece of land called the Siliguri corridor. [152] Bikash Ghosh Memorial Swimming Pool is beside Kanchanjunga stadium in the city, which conducts swimming competitions. As far as chicken neck is concerned, China has been eyeing it for a long time. According to a 2001 thesis, Bengali speakers had a percentage of 64.25% out of the total population. This could allow China to rapidly mobilise and deploy troops thereby threatening the Siliguri corridor. Flanked by four international borders – Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China – Siliguri is also one of the most heavily protected areas in India. This type of forest characterised by various species of bamboos, ferns, and Sal which is found in Baikunthapur Forest, near Siliguri city.[73]. A quirk of South Asian political geography has made it quite challenging for New Delhi to effectively integrate the North-Eastern states: the Siliguri Corridor. Cataract, also known as "Motibindhu" in Hindi and "Chani" in Bangla is the one of the biggest reason of avoidable blindness in North Bengal. [11] It is located on the banks of the Mahananda River at the foothills of the Himalayas. The Indian Army considering its own strategic interests due to the proximity of this area to Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's Neck, and a friendly neighbour's concerns had intervened to stop the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) advance in Sharsingma or Yatung valley. It is also known as Chicken neck. [56] It had five departments then: General Administration, Collection, License, Public Works and Sanitation and Public Health. Located at the foothills of Eastern Himalaya, Siliguri is a trading and transportation hub. [175] The ISKCON temple in the city, also known as Sri Sri Radha Madhav Sundar Mandir locally, is one of the biggest Krishna centres in the North-Eastern region of India. Located at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas, Siliguri is blessed by its natural beauty. Click on the map to display elevation. In such a case, the presence and movement of the Chinese Indian Army could also be traced. Siliguri is located in the Terai region ("moist land"), a belt of marshy grasslands and dense tropical deciduous moist forests at the base of Himalaya range which is rich in biodiversity, containing numerous rare species of flora and fauna. 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