The Lungleng river, also known as the Lungleng Lui, is a river of
Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...
, northeastern India. It flows in a southerly direction towards
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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Etymology
The Lungleng river gets its name from the ''Lung Leng'' tribe of people, who are sedentary river-dwelling agriculturist people.[Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History, page 186]
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Lungleng Hydroelectric Project, Aizawl
The Lungleng Hydroelectric Project is located in Aizawl district
Aizawl district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district is bounded on the north by Kolasib district, on the west by Mamit district, on the south by Serchhip district, on the southwest by Lunglei district and o ...
of Mizoram which helps in utilization of the waters of the Tyao river. It generates power as a storage type development, harnessing a gross head of about 137 m. The diversion site is located at . The dam site is approachable from Lungleng which is 25 km from Aizawl. The Tyao river is also known as Tlawng or Dhaleswari or Katakha which is a tributary of River Kaladan from Burma. It is an important, very useful and the longest river in the state of Mizoram. Tlawng River passes through the Aizawl District and it flanks the western side of Aizawl City.
Kaladan river route
This river is also part of the Kaladan Multi-modal Transit Transport Project
The Kaladan Road Project is a US$484 million project connecting the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea. In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kaladan ri ...
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See also
* East-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh
East-West Industrial Corridor Highway of Arunachal Pradesh, a 2-lane and 966.78 km long including existing 274.20 km Pasighat-Manmao route, is a proposed highway across lower foothills of Arunachal Pradesh state in India from Bhairabkunda in As ...
* Arunachal Border Highway
* Asian Highway Network
* India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Highway
References
External links
Lungleng Hydroelectric Project Report
Rivers of Mizoram
Chin State
Rakhine State
Rivers of Myanmar
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