Getting from India’s far Northeast to its deep South by road forces a specific, narrow path. There’s really only one practical way through.
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The Route, State by State
- Kohima, in Nagaland, is the starting point. Kottayam, in Kerala, is the destination.
- The shortest road route runs Nagaland → Assam → West Bengal → Odisha → Andhra Pradesh → Tamil Nadu → Kerala.
- That’s 7 states in total, counting both the origin and the destination.
- The route must pass through the narrow Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal, the Northeast’s only land link to the rest of India.
- From there, the route runs south along the eastern coastal states before reaching Kerala.
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Minimum States on a Kohima-to-Kottayam Road Trip
- The count The shortest possible route passes through 7 states, including Nagaland and Kerala themselves.
- Why not fewer Every route out of the Northeast must funnel through the Siliguri Corridor in West Bengal, so no shorter path exists.
- Answer: (b) 7.
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