Kaladan Project India-Myanmar

Kaladan Project was jointly started by India and Myanmar.

The main objective was to create an alternative route to connect northeast and mainland India.

The vessel was flagged off from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata to Sittwe Port in Myanmar which is a part of Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project.

The successful operation of the project is vital and significant to India’s commerce and connectivity, spceally for northeastern region.

The project was to provide an alternate access route to the North-Eastern region of India with the main land.

Ministry of External Affairs, India signed a Framework Agreement with the Govt. of Myanmar in April 2008 for the implementation of the project.

The project has many parts:-

Kolkata-Sittwe shipping route – 539 km from the seaport of Kolkata in India to the Sittwe seaport in Myanmar via the Bay of Bengal.

Sittwe seaport to Paletwa inland jetty river boat route – 158 km from Sittwe seaport to Inland Water Terminal (IWT) and hydropower project at Paletwa jetty via Kaladan river in Myanmar.

Paletwa inland jetty to Zorinpui road route in Myanmar – 62 km 4 lane road route from IWT Paletwa to Zochawchhuah(India)-Zorinpui (Myanmar) at Indo-Myanmar border in Myanmar.

Zorinpui to Aizawl Road route in India – 110 km from the Indo-Myanmar border at Zorinpui to Aizawl.

It connects to Aizawl-Saiha National Highway at Lawngtlai in Mizoram,

India by road on National Highway 54 (NH-54), which then continues further to Dabaka in Assam via NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting North East India with the rest of India.

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