Lunglei is the second biggest district headquarters in Mizoram state in India. Lunglei is founded by the British colonial administrator by establishing Fort Lungleh (Lunglei is known as Lungleh in the colonial period) during the Chin - Lushai Expedition 1899-90. Since then the town is growing and extended to various localities even after when the then Lushai Hills (Present day Mizoram) attained statehood within Indian Union. Deputy Commissioner (D.C) of Lunglei is the head of the district administration. Police administration is also maintained under the Superintendent of Police (S.P). Presently there is a proposal for the setting up of Lunglei Municipal Council (LMC) from the state administration. When this proposal is finalized the town administration will be under the governance of LMC.
In Lunglei the main commercial areas are: Bazar veng, Venglai, Rahsi veng (main road), Chanmari, Ramthar veng (Mostly AOC area) and some parts of Lunglawn. The main vegatebles and other commercial products marker is located at Chanmari - I which is also known as Sabji Bazar. Lunglei is also famous for having Baptist Church of Mizoram (BCM) headquarters at Serkawn. The largest Christian denomination in the town is BCM. The important higher education institutions are: Lunglei Government College, Government J. Buana College, Mizoram Polytechnic, Higher and Technical Institute Mizoram (HATIM). Among the schools, Sacred Heart School (located at Venglai), Baptist Higher Secondary School (Located at Serkawn), Government Higher Secondary School (Located at Chanmari), Southern Flower (Located at Chanmari) and LKM School (Located at Ramthar veng) are the most popular ones. There are also central government school like Kendriya Vidyalaya School, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) and Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS).
With regards to public health and illness-related treatments, Civil Hospitals and Christian Hospital are the largest hospitals in the town. There are also private hospitals like Hope Hospital and Faith Hospital. John Williams Hospital which is owned by Mizoram Presbyterian Church (Mizoram Synod) also there in Lunglei Chanmari area.
Hotel Ono, Hotel Malawm, Hotel Elite, Tourist Lodge (Zotlang), Hotel Grand, Hotel Alabasta, Murray's LTC Hotel are the well-known guesthouses in Lunglei.
Murray's Kitchen (located at Chanmari), Classics Restaurants (located at Chanmari), Amos dinner (located at Chanmari), Grill Inn (located at Bazar veng), TS Choka (located at Venglai), Ono Restaurant (located at Chanmari), Jailrock House (located at Chanmari), Arpee restaurant (located at Venglai), Zoin Restaurant (located at Bazar veng) are the most popular eateries in Lunglei.
There are three fuel filling stations (Petrol pump) in Lunglei: Mizofed (AOC) Filling Station (located at Ramthar veng), Jedaz Fuel Filling Station (located at Zotlang) and K Sianglinga filling station (located at Serkawn near Zohnuai junction).
To carry out Lunglei district upliftment works Mizoram state government formed High Powered Committee (HPC) for Lunglei District. Chief Minister is the Chairman by default and Vice Chairman is mostly appointed from any of the MLAs from the Lunglei district. The HPC office is located at Chanmari - II near Block Development Officer's Office.
I have clicked images of various parts of Lunglei town with my mobile phone camera. You may scroll down to see it all:
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| Lunglei town |
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DIET Lunglei campus, Ramzotlang
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| Government J. Buana College campus, Bazar veng, Lunglei |
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| Christian Education Centre (CEC), Chanmari - II, Lunglei |
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| Chanmari street, Lunglei |
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Government Office lane - Fisheries dept, Cooperation dept, Economics & Statistics dept etc. Bazar veng, Lunglei
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| Lunglei town, Mizoram |
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| Lunglei town as seen from Salem Veng |
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| Civil hospital junction, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| High Powered Committee (HPC) and Block Development Officer's (BDO) offices, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Autorickshaw stand, near Civil Hospital Lunglei |
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| Lunglawn |
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| Presbyterian Church, Lunglawn |
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| Presbyterian Church of India, Lunglawn |
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| Chanmari YMA Hall, Lunglei |
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| Lunglei landscape as seen from Chanmari |
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| Chanmari market, Lunglei |
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| Way to Sabji Bazar, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Chanmari main street, Lunglei |
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| District park, Zobawk, Lunglei |
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| Lunglei town |
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| Bazar veng, Lunglei |
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| Autorickshaw stand , Bazar veng, Lunglei |
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| Chanmari bazar, Lunglei |
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| Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Christian Hospital, Serkawn |
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| BCM complex, Serkawn |
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| Baptist Church of Mizoram headquarters, Serkawn |
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| Serkawn |
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| BCM complex main entrance |
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| Way to Theiriat, Lunglei |
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| Christian Hospital, Serkawn |
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| Presbyterian Church, Zotlang, Lunglei |
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| Saptui, Serkawn, Lunglei |
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| Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Bazar Veng, Lunglei |
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| Civil Hospital, Lunglei |
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| Way to Tarmita Khawthlir, Chanmari |
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| Western view of Lunglei |
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| a view from Civil Hospital, Lunglei |
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| Lunglei |
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| AOC square, Ramthar veng, Lunglei |
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| Saron par (Bougainvillea) Lunglawn |
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| All India Radio Station, Lunglawn, Lunglei |
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| All India Radio Station, Lunglawn, Lunglei |
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| Lunglei |
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| Street food vendors , Venglai, Lunglei |
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| Southern Flowers School, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Mizofed (AOC) petrol pump, Ramthar veng, Lunglei |
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| Western part of Lunglei |
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| Rahsi veng, Lunglei |
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| BCM Church, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Hrangchalkawn, Lunglei |
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| Lunglawn tlang |
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| Lunglawn veng, Lunglei |
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| Lunglawn tlang, Lunglei |
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| Lunglawn tlang |
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| Lunglei town |
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| Venglai, Lunglei |
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| DIET Lunglei campus |
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| Zotlang, Lunglei |
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| NIELIT Centre, Pukpui, Lunglei |
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| NIELIT Centre, Pukpui, Lunglei |
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| Zohnuai peng, Lunglei |
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| Evening scene Lunglei |
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| Foot over bridge, Venglai Lunglei |
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| BCM Electric veng, Lunglei |
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| John Williams Hospital, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Foot over bridge, Venglai, Lunglei |
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| Cloudy day in Lunglei |
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| Lunglei |
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| DC Office, Lunglei |
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| Hotel Ono, Chanmari, Lunglei |
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| Mizofed/AOC petrol pump, Lunglei |
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| Lena stadium, Ramzotlang, Serkawn, Lunglei |
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| Police station, Hrangchalkawn, Lunglei |
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| Venglai street, Lunglei |
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Main entrance of Government J. Buana College, Bazar veng, Lunglei
Bazar veng, Lunglei
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