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KaladanMultimodalTransitTransportProject
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TheKaladanMultiModalTransitTransportProjectisaprojectthatwillconnecttheeasternIndianseaport
ofKolkatawithSittweseaportinMyanmarbyseaitwillthenlinkSittweseaporttoPaletwainMyanmarvia
KaladanriverboatrouteandthenfromPaletwaontoMizorambyroadtransport.Originally,theprojectwas
scheduledtobecompletedby2014,[1]butisexpectedtobeoperationalonlybyDecember2016.[2]

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Route
History
Currentstatus
Seealso
References
Externallinks

Route
Theprojecthasseveralsections/legs:[3]
539kmshippingroutefromseaportofKolkatainIndiatoSittweseaportinMyanmarviaBayofBengal
158kmriverboatroutefromSittweseaporttoPaletwajettyviaKaladanriverinMyanmar
110kmroadroutefromPaletwajettytoIndoMyanmarborderinMyanmar
100kmroutefromIndoMyanmarbordertoLawngtlaiinMizoraminIndiabyroadonNational
Highway54(India)(NH54),whichthencontinuesfurthertoDabakainAssamvia850kmlongNH54
whichinturnispartofthelargerEastWestCorridorconnectingNorthEastIndiawiththerestofIndia.[4]

History
ThisprojectwillreducedistancefromKolkatatoSittweebyapproximately1328kmandwillreducetheneed
totransportgoodthroughthenarrowSiliguricorridor,alsoknownasChicken'sNeck.
InitiallyIndiahadtriedtopersuadeBangladeshtooffertransportandtransitrightstothenortheasternstates.
However,Bangladeshhasconsistentlyrefusedtograntsuchrights,includingaccesstoitsChittagongport,
whichislessthan200kmawayfromAgartala,thecapitalofTripura.[5]
TheprojectisbeingpilotedandfundedbytheMinistryofExternalAffairs(India).Thepreliminaryfeasibility
studieswerecarriedoutbyRailIndiaTechnicalandEconomicServices(RITES).ConstructionworkonSittwe
portandtheboatjettyinPaletwa,aswellasthedredgingwork,willbeexecutedbytheInlandWaterways
AuthorityofIndia(IWAI),withEssarProjectsLtd,adivisionoftheEssarGroupappointedinMay2010asthe
maincontractor.[6]

Currentstatus
KaladanMultiModalTransitTransportProjectisatpresentfacingproblemssuchasunderestimationofthe
roadlengthinMyanmarandplanstoconstructhydroelectricprojectsChimtuipuiRiverandLunglengRiver
ontwotributariesoftheKaladanRiverfollowedbyanotherprojectdownstream.Thatthefirsttwoprojects
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arebeingbuiltbyonepublicsectorundertakingandthethirdisbeingconstructedbyanotherPSU(Public
SectorUnit)hasalsoledtocoordinationissues.Duetoconstructionofthishydroelectricalprojects,Navigation
ofboatscouldbeeffected.[7]
Theprojectincludesawaterwaycomponentof158kmonKaladanriverfromSittwetoPaletwainMyanmar
andaroadcomponentof109kmfromPaletwatoZorinpuialongtheIndiaMyanmarborderinMizoram.
On19thApril2016IndianministerGeneralVKSinghinformedthat66%ofthenew2laneperdirection12
meterwide99.83kmNationalHighway502A(NH502A)startingfromNH54atLawangtalaitoZorinpuiin
MizoramonIndiansideisdoneandwillbecompletedbyJune2018.Otheraspectsoftheprojectincludingthe
port,waterwaysand109kmZorinpuiontheIndiaMyanmarbordertoPaletwawillbecompletedbyApril
2019.[8]MrLalrinngheta,aProjectSiteEngineerontheIndiaside,alsoreportedtheworkisongoing.[9]On
21stApril2016,ChinStateChiefMinisterPuLianLuaiinMayanmaralsoinformedthatwithINR20billion
fundingfromIndiangovernment,MayanmarisbuildinganarterialhighwaytoconnectPaletwainsouthern
Chinstateto645kmawayChikhasubtowninnorthernChinstate.ThisPaletwaChikhahighwaywillalsobe
connectedtotheNationalHighway502(India)attwoplacesontheIndianborder,PaletwatoZochachhuah[10]
onNH502AinsouthwestMizoramandatKhenman(Mayanmar)toNH502ABehiangineastMizoram.New
roadswillbebuilttoconnectthePaletwaChikhahighwaytovillagesandtownsinChinstate.[11]
IndianRailwayhasalreadyconvertedthecurrent84kmraillinefromKatakhal(Assam)toBairabi2kminside
Mizoram.Itsfurther51.38kmBairabiSairangRailwayextensionfromBairabitoSairang(20kmnorthof
Aizwal)inMizoramisunderconstructionwithtargetcompletiondateofMarch2019asperstatusupdatein
March2016.InAugust2015,IndiarailwaycompletedasurveyforapossiblenewrouteextensionfromSairang
toHmawngbuchhuah[12]onMizoramssoutherntipontheborderofMyanmar,whereatnearby
Zochachhuah[10]villagetheNationalHighway502(India)(partofKaladanMultiModalTransitTransport
Project)entersMyanmar,leavingapossibilityopenforyetunplannedfuturerailconnectionstoPaletwa.[13][14]

Seealso
ArunachalBorderHighway
AsianHighwayNetwork
IndiaMyanmarThailandFriendshipHighway
EastWestIndustrialCorridorHighway,ArunachalPradesh
MekongGangaCooperation

References
1.Purushothaman,Vakkom."KaladanMultiModalTransitTransportProjecttolinksearouteinMyanmarwith
Mizoram".TheNortheastTimes.Retrieved11August2012.
2.http://www.asianage.com/columnists/myanmarnewbalancingact336
3.Multimodalprojectintroduction(http://www.mdoner.gov.in/content/introduction1)
4.Multimodalroutemap(http://www.arakanrivers.net/wpcontent/uploads/2009/09/KaladanMov.png)
5.Phukan,Papori."KaladanMultiModalProjectInMyanmar".ManipurOnline.Retrieved11August2012.
6."KaladanMultiModalTransitTransportProject".ArakanRivers.Retrieved11August2012.
7.Dikshit,Sandeep."IndiaMyanmartransportprojecthitsroadblock".TheHindu.Retrieved11August2012.
8.KaladanprojecttobecompletedbyApril2019,Published:April2016(http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsne
w.asp?id=apr3016/oth054)
9.<http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/27/indiamyanmarroadmizoramtribalareasmodiTitle:Indiaslong
highwaytoMyanmarstartstotakeshape,Publisher:TheGuardian,Published:Sept2015]
10.Zochachhuahlocationmap(https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Zochawchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+India/@22.13
08892,92.72766,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sZochachhuah,+Mizoram!3m4!1s0x30b294a35a3bdd51:0x4947
54a5f97f6a23!8m2!3d22.1308147!4d92.7626806)
11.ConstructionofChikhatoPaletwaHighwayaprioritySeemoreat:http://mizzima.com/newsdomestic/construction
chikhapaletwahighwaypriority#sthash.K3tQ6RiS.dpuf,Published:April2016(http://mizzima.com/newsdomestic/c
onstructionchikhapaletwahighwaypriority)
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12.Hmawngbuchhuahlocationmap(https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Hmawngbuchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+Indi
a/@22.1253824,92.7494556,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x30b294c8b0f96afd:0x9819f2ba01cd3684!8m2!3d22.1486636!4
d92.7711359)
13.MassivepushtorailwayinfrastructureunderwayinNortheast(http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/thenewnor
theastexpresses/#sthash.H3U77Y0L.dpuf)
14.Sanctionedin2000,broadgaugetrainreachesMizoramafter16years(http://indianexpress.com/article/india/indiane
wsindia/sanctionedin2000broadgaugetrainreachesmizoramafter16years/)

Externallinks
DetailedreportonKaladanProject:ProjectDescriptionwithAnalysisofPositiveandNegativeImpact(h
ttp://www.academia.edu/3772710/One_cannot_step_into_the_same_river_twice_making_the_Kaladan_P
roject_peoplecentred)
MDoner(http://www.mdoner.gov.in/writereaddata/sublink2images/KaladanMultiModal2172726384.htm)
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