India s Act East policy takes wings with focus on water connectivity with neighbours
Wed, Feb 10 2021 09:04:23 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS): With the Narendra Modi government keen to develop the waterway connectivity with its neighbours, India, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh are working together to strengthen waterways as the mode of intra-regional transport. The push will not only boost trade activity between the South Asian countries but also open doors to the geostrategic Southeast Asian waters.
The move is a further amplification of India s Act East Policy, which focuses on New Delhi s outreach towards its eastern maritime neighbours, especially the 10 nation ASEAN and island territories with a large Indian diaspora.
New Delhi’s twin-track approach of dealing with Myanmar
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While as a vibrant democracy India had supported democratic traditions in neighbouring Myanmar in the backdrop of old ties with Aung San Suu Kyi, New Delhi had cultivated and engaged the military over the past two decades in geo-political interests, persons familiar with the dynamics of India-Myanmar ties told ET.
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Indian Ambassador to India Saurabh Kumar, third from right, can be seen in front of boxes of the Covishield vaccine delivered from India at the Yangon International Airport Friday, Jan. 22, 2021
NEW DELHI: India’s twin-track approach of dealing with both the all-powerful military in Myanmar as well as the democratic forces puts New Delhi in an advantageous position with its huge security and economic stakes in the neighbouring country where junta has returned to power.
India-Myanmar connectivity project under threat from insurgent group
An ambitious India-Myanmar joint project aimed at enhancing connectivity and infrastructure is under threat from an
| 25 Dec 2020 1:23 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: An ambitious India-Myanmar joint project aimed at enhancing connectivity and infrastructure is under threat from an insurgent group based in Myanmar.
The development programme Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) which connects Sittwe Port in Myanmar to Kolkata in India, is under threat from insurgent group Arakan Army, suspected to be backed by China.
The Ministry of Home Affairs recently stated that the project has been delayed due to the adverse security situation .
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Security concerns on Myanmar border delaying vital project linking Kolkata to Mizoram, says home ministry
The Union home ministry has said that a continuing threat on the Myanmar border is delaying the mega-infrastructure project for enhancing connectivity to the north-east linking Kolkata to Mizoram via Sitwe port.
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File image for representation: A man rides his motorised two-wheeler across the Indo-Myanmar border bridge at the border town of Moreh, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. (Reuters photo)
The Union home ministry has listed security concerns and lack of access as the reasons for the delay in the mega-infrastructure project for enhancing connectivity to the north-east linking Kolkata to Mizoram via Sitwe port.