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Last updated: Jul 02, 2023 at 3:48 PM IST
Federal Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: PTI/Kamal Singh)
India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on a highway of about 1,400 km that will connect the country to Southeast Asia by land and give a boost to trade, health, education and tourism ties between the three countries.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said about 70 percent of the construction work on the ambitious three-way highway between India, Myanmar and Thailand has been completed.
India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on a highway of about 1,400 km that will connect the country to Southeast Asia by land and boost trade, health, education and tourism ties between the three countries.
“About 70 percent of the work on the project has been completed,” the Minister of Land Transport and Highways told PTI when asked about the progress of the project.
The highway will connect Moreh in Manipur, India, with Mae Sot, Thailand, via Myanmar.
The minister did not give details about the timetable for completing and operating the triple highway.
The strategic highway project has been postponed. Earlier, the government had aimed to make the highway operational by December 2019.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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