Over 22,500 Inner Line Permits issued at Mizoram’s Sairang station since rail link launch

Since September last year, over 22,500 Inner Line Permits (ILPs) have been issued from the Sairang railway station office of the Mizoram government.

The Bairabi-Sairang new railway line was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 13 last year.

An ILP is an official travel document issued to Indian citizens and non-indigenous persons for entry into protected areas of the Northeast region, including Mizoram.


An official of the Mizoram Home Department said that over 22,500 ILPs were issued from the official counter at Sairang railway station to tourists, professionals, traders, migrant workers.

On an average, about 400 fresh ILPs are issued daily, as normally two passenger trains arrive at the Sairang railway station every day. Most visitors come from Delhi, West Bengal and southern states, with the highest number from neighbouring Assam and other Northeastern states, the official said.

The ILP regime operates under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873, notified by the British government in 1875, which allows Indian citizens to visit ILP-enforced states and areas for a limited period and for specific purposes.