The chief minister said this while speaking to a delegation of the Central Young Men's Association, which had called on him yesterday in Aizawl to reiterate their demand for a paper mill in the state.
The delegates said the state reaps a rich yield of bamboos and hence is in a position to demand a paper plant.
A senior official in Aizawl said the government should immediately order a techno-economic feasibility study and scout for a proper site, which should preferably be close to a proposed railhead in Sairang, 15km from Aizawl. Bairabhi rail station in northeast Mizoram is already linked with this town, the headquarters of Cachar district, by a metre-gauge rail. A project is under way to build a 51km broad-gauge rail track up to Sairang. The proposed scheme is slated to be wrapped up in 2019.