Clause No. 1.

1 of Introduction in IRC: SP: 48-1998 Hill Road manual and IRC: 52-2019
Guidelines For The Alignment Survey And Geometric Design Of Hill Roads clearly states
that the northeast states comes under hilly terrain. Being a part of northeast India, Nagaland has a
hilly terrain. Nagaland is a state in northeastern India. It is bordered by the state of Arunachal
Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing
Region of Myanmar to the east.

Nagaland lies between 93°20'E and 95°15'E longitude and between 25°6'N and 27°4'N latitude. It
is largely a mountainous state. The Naga Hills rise from the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam to about
610 metres (2,000 ft) and rise further to the southeast, as high as 1,800 metres (6,000 ft). Mount
Saramati at an elevation of 3,841 metres (12,602 ft) is the state's highest peak; this is where the
Naga Hills merge with the Patkai Range in which form the boundary with Burma.