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Indo-Burma rail link study completed
Indian state external affairs minister E. Ahamed has said a feasibility study on a rail link connecting India and Burma had been completed.
Mizzima News (www.mizzima.com)
March 2, 2006
Indian state external affairs minister E. Ahamed has said a feasibility study on a rail link connecting India and Burma had been completed.
Ahamed told India's parliament the study was the first step toward the realisation of a rail link stretching from New Delhi to Hanoi.
The feasibility study recommended the construction of a rail link between Tamu, Kalay and Segyi at a cost of Rs 1339.02 crore (10 million) and the rehabilitation of an existing line from Segyi to Chaungu Myohaung at a cost of Rs 283.959 crore.
Ahamed also said the construction of a link between Jiribam, Imphal and Moreh in India would cost Rs 2941.08 crore and that it could be completed by March 2010.