A chaper in the NCERT Geography textbook titled 'Lifelines of National Economy' says, "There is vast potential of tourism development in the north-eastern states and the interior parts of Himalayas, but due to strategic reasons these have not been encouraged so far."u00a0

Kavya Barnadhya Hazarika of Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School at Silpukhuri wrote to the Prime Minister and twice petitioned the President's secretariat helpline since April first week but is yet to get an answer to his query on what those 'strategic reasons' are.