Sittwe Port That Connects Myanmar-Mizoram Ready For Operation: Minister
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Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Sittwe port is developed and ready for operation. This project is monitored by the Union ministry of External Affairs (MEA). We were entrusted with building infrastructure and also dredging, which we did splendidly."
The Sittwe port, which will connect Paletwa town in Myanmar's Chin state to Mizoram, is developed and ready for operation. The port, at the mouth of Kaladan river, will provide an alternative route to India's landlocked northeastern states.
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, "Sittwe port is developed and ready for operation. This project is monitored by the Union ministry of External Affairs (MEA). We were entrusted with building infrastructure and also dredging, which we did splendidly."
"Mizoram and other states will be hugely benefited from this project. There is a little bit of a road connectivity issue in Myanmar, once that is complete everything will be there," Mr Sonowal stated.
A two-lane highway of 117 km near Lawngtlai (Mizoram) to the Myanmar border to provide road linkage to Sittwe port in Myanmar is being developed.
