India’s Chicken’s Neck: Why It Matters & What Just Changed
What is it ? The Siliguri Corridor — known as the “Chicken’s Neck” — is the narrow land bridge connecting India’s eight northeastern states with the mainland, bounded by Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and China’s Chumbi Valley. [Dras](https://dras.in/chickens-neck-a-vulnerable-strategic-chokepoint-of-india/) It is only 20–22 km wide at its narrowest point and is the sole land route for highways,…