If you travel through the forests of Meghalaya, Northern India, you may come across something extraordinary: bridges made from the living branches and roots of rubber trees. These often century-old ...

Locally known as Jingkieng Jri, Living Root Bridges (LRB) are Ficus-based rural connectivity and livelihood solutions within dense subtropical moist broadleaf forest eco-region of Meghalaya in the ...

During monsoon season in northeast India, rainwater gushes through the emerald valleys and deep gorges of Meghalaya, the“abode of the clouds.” The mountainous plateau between Assam and Bangladesh is ...

Meghalaya's cabinet has approved crucial amendments to the state's Heritage Act as part of efforts to secure UNESCO World Heritage status for the region's famous living root bridges. The amendments to ...

Pynursla, Nov 2: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed his admiration for the globally recognized living root bridges of Meghalaya, referring to them as a "vision of the past" and a lasting ...