[The much publicised multi-modal trans****t corridor that will link
Myanmar to north-eastern India, bypassing Bangladesh, is finally ready
for a formal launch]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Trans****t_corridor_tops_Myanmar_gens_agenda/articleshow/2912487.cms
Times Of India
Monday, March 31, 2008
Trans****t corridor tops Myanmar gen's agenda
NEW DELHI: The visit of Myanmar's second-in-command General Maung Aye
to India, starting Wednesday, will be watched in more than one global
capital with keen interest.
But after India facilitated the second visit of the UN's special envoy
Ibrahim Gambari to Myanmar, it is now getting ready to significantly
ramp up its presence in its eastern neighbour.
The much publicised multi-modal trans****t corridor that will link
Myanmar to north-eastern India, bypassing Bangladesh, is finally ready
for a formal launch and this is likely to be the high point of Gen
Aye's visit.
The Cabinet recently approved Rs 535.91 crore for upgradation of
Sittwe ****t and Kaladan river way. The rest will be spent on a road
from Kalewa to Tamu on the Mizoram border.
"The project will provide an access to Mizoram and to other
northeastern states as well as an outlet to the sea," a spokesperson
said after the Cabinet meeting. The project will be executed by the
Inland Waterways Authority of India.
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