Summary
A new train line lets people travel faster and farther.
Farmers can sell more ginger and earn better money.
People work together to make their villages better.
Key Points
4 points1
A 51 kilometre railway line opened in Mizoram.
2
Projects worth 331 crore Indian rupees were started.
3
More than 1,100 train trips moved 15 lakh passengers.
4
Mizoram ginger mission will help about 20,000 farming families.
New Words to Learn
10 wordsdevelopment
building new things like roads and schools
economic growth
the country making more money and jobs
crore
a number that means ten million
Indian rupees
the money used in India
railway
tracks and trains that carry people and goods
kilometre
a distance about 0.6 miles
lakh
a number that means one hundred thousand
integrated value chain
all the steps from growing a crop to selling it
Ashtalakshmi
a name for the eight states in the Northeast
Hnatlang
people in a village helping each other with work
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