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The visit of Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Sukuzi and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Guwahati
| 16 Feb 2021 4:45 AM GMT
The visit of Japanese Ambassador to India Satoshi Sukuzi and India s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to Guwahati to take part in a daylong conclave on Act East Policy has put the spotlight on the infrastructure projects implemented in Assam with Japanese assistance. However, poor pace of progress of work of two Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-assisted water supply projects for Guwahati city has cast a shadow of gloom over upcoming JICA-assisted projects in the state. Both the Japanese Ambassador and the Indian External Affairs Minister visited the JICA-Assisted Guwahati Water Supply Project at Kharghuli to take stock of the progress. The Japanese envoy has gone record saying that his country is pleased to support the project and that clean water will soon flow to the homes in Guw
India is working on a number of connectivity projects to connect northeast with East Asia
Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar has pitched for connectivity from the Arabian Sea to the South China Sea even as New Delhi and Tokyo work together in tandem.
Speaking at an event in Guwahati, Jaishankar said, approach to create connectivity to and within Assam, beyond to the North-East, then to neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh, but eventually push all the way by road, by sea, by air to Vietnam, to Japan.
India is working on a number of connectivity projects to connect northeast with East Asia. These include India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway, with an aim to expand it to Vietnam via Laos.