Suvendu Adhikari clears key highway transfer in Chicken Neck Corridor. Here’s why

In a major strategic and infrastructure move, the West Bengal government has cleared the transfer of seven crucial national highway stretches in the Siliguri Corridor — popularly known as the Chicken Neck Corridor — to central agencies, paving the way for stalled road and railway expansion projects in one of India’s most sensitive regions. The narrow corridor, barely 20 to 22 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, serves as the only land bridge connecting mainland India to the eight northeastern states. Flanked by Nepal to the west, Bhutan to the north, Bangladesh to the south and lying close to China’s…