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Centre sanctions new highway from Mizoram to Myanmar border
December 19, 2009: The High-Powered Committee (HPC) of the Government of India, set up for projects in the North-East, has sanctioned a new 100 km highway from Mizoram to the Myanmar border.
Sources: Net Indian News
The committee, headed by Mr Brahm Dutt, Secretary, Road Transport & Highways, cleared the proposal for the highway from Lawngtalai in Mizoram to the Myanmar border at its meeting here yesterday. The estimated cost of the highway is Rs 650 crore.
An official press release said the highway would provide linkage to the proposed port facilities at Sittwe in Myanmar. The port facilities in the Bay of Bengal at Sittwe would provide a water route to the whole of the North-East through the state of Mizoram, it said.
The port facilities, along with the highway, would greatly enhance the competitiveness of the North-East region by reducing costs of transportation, the release added.