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The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project is a project that will connect the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport (Sittwe Port is a deepwater port under construction by India since 2010) in Myanmar by sea; it will then link Sittwe seaport to Lashio in Myanmar via Kaladan river boat route and then from Lashio on to Mizoram in India by road transport. As of November 2014, this project is likely to be completed and fully operational by 2016.
An agreement on the project was signed between the governments of India and Myanmar in April 2009. The contract for the construction for the Sittwe port was awarded to the Essar Group of India. The dredging work will be executed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). The USD 120 Million port is being funded through a long-term interest-free credit line from India.
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- 539 km shipping route from seaport of Kolkata in India to Sittwe seaport in Myanmar via Bay of Bengal
- 158 km river boat route from Sittwe seaport to Paletwa jetty via Kaladan river in Myanmar
- 110 km road route from Paletwa jetty to Indo-Myanmar border in Myanmar
- 100 km route from Indo-Myanmar border to Lawngtlai in Mizoram in India by road on National Highway 54 (India) (NH-54), which then continues further to Dabaka in Assam via 850 km long NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting North East India with the rest of India.
An agreement on the project was signed between the governments of India and Myanmar in April 2009. The contract for the construction for the Sittwe port was awarded to the Essar Group of India. The dredging work will be executed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI). The USD 120 Million port is being funded through a long-term interest-free credit line from India.
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