Providing a major update on the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that 70% construction on the ambitious project has been completed.
"Around 70% work of the project is completed," the minister of Road Transport & Highways told news agency PTI in reply to a question on the progress of the project.
Gadkari did not provide details on the timeline for completion and operationalisation of the trilateral highway, PTI said.
The strategic highway project has been delayed. Earlier, the government was aiming to make the highway operational by December 2019.
India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway
India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on about 1,400-km-long highway that would link the country with Southeast Asia by land and give a boost to trade, business, health, education and tourism ties among the three countries.
According to a 2019 PIB release, India has undertaking construction of two sections of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar namely,
construction of 120.74 km Kalewa-Yagyi road section, and
construction of 69 bridges along with the approach road on the 149.70 km Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section.
The highway will connect Moreh in Manipur, India with Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.
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