South Mizoram Indo-Myanmar Trade Road Sanctioned
To give further shape to the ambitious Rs 536-crore Kaladan Multi-Modal Project, which would connect the North-Eastern state of Mizoram to Sittwé port in Myanmar, thus giving the land-locked region access to sea, the centre has approved construction of a vital 100-Km highway in Mizoram.
(Indo-Myanmar Border Trade Roads in Mizoram, India).
The new highway will connect Lawngtlai in southern Mizoram to Myanmar border and will provide linkage to the proposed Kaladan project. It would be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 650 crore.
The Kaladan project will upgrade the Sittwé port in Myanmar and develop 225 kms of waterways on the Myanmarese river Kaladan so as to make it navigable up to the port. The project will include construction of two roadways in Myanmar which would connect river Kaladan to the Indian border.
The proposed highway on the Indian side will act as a road link from the Indian border to Lawngtalai, the headquarter of the southern district Lawngtalai, in Mizoram. Lawngtlai is connected to other parts of the state and capital city Aizawl via National Highway 54 (NH-54).
The Kaladan project will be implemented by the Rail India Technical Economic Services (RITES), a public sector organisation.
Read the detail from Business Standard.
Posted: December 23rd, 2009 under News & Views.
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