President Ram Nath Kovind will be on a four-day state visit to Myanmar starting on December 10. This will be the fifth high-level visit between the two countries in the last four years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit last year was the third by an Indian prime minister in five years and his second in […]
India to expedite projects in Myanmar
November 6, 2017 by
NEW DELHI, Oct 31 – Facing long delays, the Centre has decided to expedite work on a number of ongoing projects in Myanmar, which are crucial for India’s Act East Policy.According to sources, it was envisaged that work in projects like Kaladan Road, construction of 69 bridges for the Trilateral Highway Project and construction of […]
South Korea’s BXT got approval to invest in Kaladan project
October 25, 2016 by
South Korean BXT International Company is investing in jetty development activity in Kaladan River with the approval of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC). The BXT is the first foreign company to make a significant investment in Sittwe, Rakhine State. The project involves land reclamation on the banks of the Kaladan river, creating more job opportunities […]
Connectivity with Myanmar — the wait gets longer
August 26, 2016 by
Building a project in Myanmar was and is difficult. But, is it so difficult that the connectivity proposals mooted by Delhi early in the last decade will remain a dream or at best half complete? Exactly the same happened to proposals to connect the north-eastern States and ASEAN through Myanmar. The trilateral India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) highway […]
