05 - Roll East: A Proposal for India-Myanmar-Thailand Railway Connectivity Abstract

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05 - Roll East: A Proposal for India-Myanmar-Thailand Railway Connectivity Abstract

15 Feb 2023

In the last decade, India has focussed on expanding its rail connectivity in the neighbourhood with the revival and inauguration of railway lines with Bangladesh and Pakistan, and the commencement of the first India-Nepal passenger rail service in 2022. [...] Second, it is also important for the The railway sector has seen significant progress economic development of NER, connecting including the revival of five railway lines with it to the key seaports of the region and Bangladesh and the inauguration of the first developing commerce and people-to-people India-Nepal passenger rail service in April linkages. [...] 2 and acting as a link between the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, especially Beyond domestic and regional needs, the through the institutional mechanism of the increasing emphasis on expanding rail Bay of Bengal Multi-Sectoral Initiative for connectivity also comes in the backdrop Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), is a of China’s increasing investment in the priority. [...] rail services have contributed to the decline in First, the partition in the subcontinent and the the popularity of rail as a mode of transport. [...] instance, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was financing the construction Second, the proceedings and developments of the Yangon-Mandalay railway line, Korea of the IMCG must be included in India’s Gati was preparing a project to improve the Shakti platform for the exchange of project- Mandalay-Myitkina line, and the Ministry related information and developments with all of Transp.
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