The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is a

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ministry, established in September 2001, which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio-economic development of the eight States of

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Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

and

Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Siligur ...

. It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region. The current, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region is

G. Kishan Reddy Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (born 15 June 1960) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is an MP rep ...

Functions and responsibilities

The Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full-fledged ministry in May 2004. The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North-Eastern region. Main activities/functions of the DoNER. * Non Lapsible Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Coordination with the Central Ministries and the State Governments of the NE states. * Capacity Building * Advocacy and Publicity * International Cooperation * Enterprises of the Department

Organisations

The ministry has following organisations functioning under it: * North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.(NEDFi) * North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) * The Sikkim Mining Corporation Limited. (SMC) * North Eastern Handlooms and Handicrafts Development Corporation (NEHHDC)

List Of Ministers

List of Ministers of State

Northeast India connectivity projects

Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade. Myanmar and

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nations are part of India's Look East policy. India is part of

+6,

Asia Cooperation Dialogue The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is an intergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different regional organizations such as the ASEAN, the Gulf C ...

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economy, economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Asian Clearing Union The Asian Clearing Union (ACU) was established on December 9, 1974, at the initiative of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The primary objective of ACU, at the time of its establishment, was to se ...

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

, Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative,

BIMSTEC The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation of seven South Asian and Southeast Asian nations, housing 1.73 billion people and having a combined gross domestic pro ...

East Asia Summit The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism. Membership expanded to 18 countrie ...

, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, SAARC,

South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Program, set up in 2001, brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership to promote regional prosperity by improving cross-bor ...

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is one of the five regional commissions under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It was established in order to increase economic ...

, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network. Major initiatives covered are

Transport between India and Bangladesh Transport between India and Bangladesh bears much historical and political significance for both countries, which possessed no ground transport links for 43 years, starting with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947. The Kolkata–Dhaka Bu ...

Bangladesh–India border The Bangladesh–India border, known locally as the International Border (IB), is an international border running between Bangladesh and India that demarcates the eight divisions of Bangladesh and the Indian states. Bangladesh and India share ...

, India-Myanmar barrier,

Bhutan–India border The Bhutan–India border is the open international border separating the Kingdom of Bhutan from the Republic of India. The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217&n ...

McMahon Line The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention. The line delimited the res ...

, etc.

Bridges

* List of road bridges on Brahmaputra River

Roads

International roads

NE has 5,000 km border with Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar while being isolated and connected to rest of India by 20 km narrow chicken-neck

Siliguri Corridor The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's Neck, is a stretch of land around the city of Siliguri in West Bengal, India. at the narrowest section, this geo-political and geo-economical corridor connects the eight states of northeast I ...

. * Asian Highway Network *

and Look East connectivity

Strategic National Highways (NH)

13,500 km were NH out of total 3,76,819 km of road length in NE (March 2012). * Schemes:

Bharatmala The Bharatmala Pariyojna ( 'India garland project') is an ecosystem of road development which includes development of tunnels, bridges, elevated corridors, flyovers, overpass, interchanges, bypasses, ring roads etc. to provide shortest, jam f ...

and NH ** Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) plan for NE and Look East connectivity. ** Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE) plan for the China border roads. * Funding: ** Total approved (A+B): (until Dec 2017). ** A. 3,840 km approved and 1,266 km completed (2014 to Dec 2017).Live PM Modi in Meghalaya, Mizoram and North East
Financial Express, 16 Dec 2017. /economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62094855.cms PM Modi approves new central scheme to plug infras gaps for the Northeast Economic Times, 16 Dec 2017.Arunachal Dy CM Lays Foundation Stone of Bridge over Bari River
, North East Today, 11 Dec 2017. *** additional funding released to ensure completion by March 2023 of current NE NH projects by plugging the gap, on 100% centre-funding basis, instead of usual 90:10 centre-state funding mechanism (Dec 2017). ** B. additional approved under

for NE NH (Dec 2017). * Routes: Major NE NH route map
an
SARDP Arunachal roads map
* Highways: **

Arunachal Frontier Highway Arunachal Frontier Highway, also Mago-Thingbu– Vijaynagar Border Highway, is a planned border highway in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The road follows the McMahon Line, the international border between India and China. The Governme ...

br>2,000 km route along the China border in upper Himalayas
** Trans-Arunachal Highway NH13br>1,559 km route
through th
middle via 12 district HQ
while connecting the remaining 4 district HQ with link highways, at (c. 2008) under SARDP-NE.Is hectic highway building in Arunachal Pradesh leading to more landslides?
Scroll, 14 July 2017.Transarunachal highway upgraded
Indian Express. *** Northeast border roads: **** NHIDCL launched in 2015 building of 100 strategic 7,000 km long border roads at the cost of across India including in Arunachal (Dec 2017 update). **** BRO border roads:
— 73 border roads: incl. Sikkim and Arunachal, all to be completed by March 2022 (June 2017)."73 roads of operational significance being built along China border: Kiren Rijiju"

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, 18 July 2017.Sushant Singh
"China border roads hobbling, 12 years later, 21 of 73 ready"

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, 11 July 2017.
— 410 border bridges:
- 144 in Arunachal (75 under construction completing by 2020),
- 40 in Sikkim under construction (Dec 2017).India building bridges in Arunachal for LAC access
Economic Times, 18 Dec 2017.
— 17 border rail and road tunnels: total length of 100 km,
- Arunachal ( Nechipu Pass (near

Bomdila Bomdila is the headquarters of West Kameng district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. Bomdila is one of the 60 constituencies of the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Geography and Climate Bomdila is located at . It has an average elevati ...

) and Sela Pass tunnels on Bogibeel Assam to Sagalee to Tawang NH13),
- North Sikkim (578 meter Theng Pass tunnel on NH310A between

Chungthang Chungthang is a town in Mangan District district in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is situated at the confluence of the Lachen and Lachung rivers, which combine to form the Teesta River. Located at a distance of from the state capital Gangtok, th ...

and Tung) (Dec 2017)."For year-round border security, India plans tunnels on China border."
Economic Times, 6 November 2017. ** Arunachal East-West Corridor along th
Assam border in the lower foothills (marked in red)
is being taken under Bharatmala project. ** 2,570 km approved NH (1917+653 in-progress and completed) in Arunachal, 36% road connectivity, 22 km per 100 km² Arunachal road density including dirt tracks (c. Nov 2017).Lessons from Sisen and laptap
Arunachal Times, 14 Nov 2017.

Other roads

North Eastern Council North Eastern Council (NEC) is a statutory advisory body constituted under the North Eastern Council Act 1971 and came into being on 7 November 1972 at Shillong. The eight States of Northeast India viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghal ...

inter-state projects and roads: ** 47 new inter-state roads of 1,666 km costing , of which 4 were taken within plan ending March 2017. ** 2014 to Dec 2017: *** projects executed, *** to rise in the annual budget. *** 56 to 138 increase in the number of projects, incl. Bramputra Study Centre established to research river ecosystem. *

PMGSY The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) () is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages. Of 178,000 (1.7 lakh) habitations with a population of above 500 in the plains and above 250 i ...

roads in NE, including border village roads]. Relaxation to be given to the minimum 250 people habitation in case of villages within 50 km of border.

Railway

* Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project#Projects, Northeast railway connectivity projects * Trans-Asian Railway * NER railways, In December 2017, 15 new NE railway projects of 1,385 km length were approved at the cost of . **

Sivok–Rangpo line Sivok-Rangpo Railway Line is a line currently under construction to connect the Indian states of West Bengal and Sikkim. It branches out from New Jalpaiguri–Alipurduar–Samuktala Road line at Sivok railway station, Sevoke Town near Siliguri i ...

, 44 km long, to Gangtok in Sikkim. ** Teteliya–Byrnihat line, 22 km long, from Guwahati's suburb Tetelia to Byrnihat near Shillon in Meghalaya is likely to be completed by March 2022. ** Dimapur–Kohima line, 82 km long, to

Kohima Kohima (; Angami Naga: ''Kewhira'' ()), is the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is the second largest city in the state. Originally known as ''Kewhira'', Kohima was founded ...

In Nagaland is expected to be completed by March 2023. ** Jiribam–Imphal line, 111 km long, to Imphal is likely to be completed by March 2022.North East to get better Indian Railways connectivity! 5 major rail projects lined up
Financial Express, July 17, 2020. ** Bhairabi–Sairang line, 51 km long, to Aizawl in Mizoram is likely to be completed by March 2023.

Air

Airports development

NER Airports. The Indian government upgraded 12 non-operational airports into operational airports in NE (May 2017, work started on 8 airports in 2014).12 airports in Northeast India set to get a boost
North East Today, 14 May 2017. LGBIA Guwahati will operate as the inter-regional hub and Agartala Airport,

Dibrugarh Airport Dibrugarh Airport , is located at Mohanbari, which is situated at a distance of 15 km (9 mi) east from Dibrugarh, Assam, India. The airport covers an area of 386 acres. There are 2 aerobridges linked with the terminal. The runway of ...

and

Imphal Airport Imphal International Airport , formerly known as the Tulihal International Airport and currently officially renamed as the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located ...

will operate as intra-regional hubs by extending runways and apron, and by building terminal building and maintenance hangars at these airports. Three new greenfield under-construction airports are Itanagar Holangi Airport, Pakyong Airport-Operationalized (Sikkim) and Chiethu Airport (Nagaland).Government Considering Setting up of Three Greenfield Airports in Northeast

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, 13 Aug 2014.

= Airports development phase-I (fy2016-17 to fy2019-20)

= Airports Authority of India (AAI) will spend between 2018 and 2020, including the following will be completed by 2019-20 (c. Dec 2017):Steps taken to strengthen North East states air connectivity: Authority of India
Economic Times, 18 Dec 2017.Northeast airports facelift: Government may invest Rs 8,000 crore more
Economic Times, 20 Dec 2017. * Assam ** Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati modernisation, the Chief Minister is also pushing to the convert it into a hub for UDAN and connectivity to at least 9

nations (c. Dec 2017).Guwahati airport to be upgraded for international operations
Economic Times, 19 Dec 2017. * Arunachal Pradesh ** Itanagar Holangi Airport new airport under construction **

Tezu Airport Tezu Airport is a regional airport serving Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which upgraded it to handle ATR-72 aircraft with night-landing facility. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugura ...

upgrade * Tripura ** Agartala International Airport, currently new terminal building upgrade to international airport, ** Kailashahar Airport upgrade for UDAN flights, 138 km from Agartala. * Meghalaya **

Shillong Airport Shillong Airport is a domestic airport serving Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, India. It is located at Umroi, situated from the city centre. History The airport was constructed in the mid-1960s and became operational in the mid-1970s ...

upgrade,

= Airports development phase-II (fy2018-19 to -)

= The central government will invest a further to develop more NR airports. Several advanced landing ground heliports will be upgraded to dual army-civilian airports. This likely includes the following:China border upgrade: 6 airports in Arunachal

, 2015. * Arunachal Pradesh **

Along Airport Along Airport also known as Aalo Airport is located at Along in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Government of Arunachal Pradesh handed over the airstrip to the Ministry of Defence in June 2009. The government has proposed to oper ...

** Anini Airport ** Daporijo Airport ** Koloriang Airport **

Pasighat Airport Pasighat Airport is a regional airport serving Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India. History The airstrip was laid down during the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and saw little use after the war until the Indian Air Force signed a Memorandum of ...

** Tawang Airport **

Tura Airport Tura Airport is a small airport in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia located northeast of Tura. KrasAvia KrasAvia is a scheduled and charter passenger airline based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It was established in 1956 as Turin Airline before being ...

Zero Airport Zero AirportZero Airport
official name as per Rupsi Airport Rupsi Airport is an airport located in Rupsi (about from Gauripur town) situated at Kokrajhar district near the border of Dhubri district of Assam. This airport serves as a way for people of the lower part of Assam to travel to India's maj ...

* Sikkim **

Pakyong Airport Pakyong Airport is a seasonal domestic airport serving Pakyong, Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim, India. Spread over , the airport is located at Pakyong about 31 km (22 mi) south of Gangtok. At 4,646 ft, Pakyong Airport is one of ...

-operationalized * Nagaland ** Chiethu Airport under-construction

Flights

Among airports in Northeast India, the following were connected under

UDAN ''Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik'' ( Hindi for "Let the common citizens of the country fly"), known by its acronym ''UDAN'' ( Hindi for "flight") is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regional Connect ...

= UDAN flights

= UDAN Phase-I flights started at

Dimapur Airport Dimapur Airport is a domestic airport serving Chümoukedima–Dimapur and its neighbouring areas. It is located between the districts of Chümoukedima and Dimapur, from where National Highway 29 (formerly NH-39) passes just beside the airpor ...

Imphal International Airport Imphal International Airport , formerly known as the Tulihal International Airport and currently officially renamed as the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport, is an international airport serving Imphal, the capital of Manipur, India, located ...

Silchar Airport Silchar Airport is a domestic airport serving Silchar, Assam, India. It is located at Kumbhirgram, 29 km (18 mi) from the city centre. It was built by the British as RAF Station Kumbhirgram in 1944 and transferred to the Royal Indian ...

, Lengpui Aizawl Airport and Agartala Airport. UDAN Phase-II flights started at TBA?

= Other flights

= 2014-2017 NEC plan proposes to work towards starting the following flights: * Kolkata Airport to ** Guwahati-Kumming ** Dimapur–Bangkok * Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati to ** Imphal-Yangon ** Yangon-Bangkok ** Mandalay-Kumming ** Shillong-Dhaka * Agartala Airport to ** Dimapur-Yangon ** Dhaka *

to Mandalay-Bangkok *

to Imphal-Mandalay

Waterways

International NE waterways

* India-Myanmar **

Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project The Kaladan Road Project is a US$484 million project connecting the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea. In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kaladan ri ...

* India-Bangladesh ** Waterways as per ''"Indo-Bangladesh Protocol on Inland Water Transit & Trade"'': ***

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

- Pandu, Guwahati-Kolkata *** Kolkata-

Karimganj Karimganj is a city in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. Karimganj city is located at . The area of Karimganj city is 16.09 km2. It has an average elevation of 13& ...

-Kolkata ***

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

Dhulian Dhuliyan is a municipality town in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. This municipality was established in the year 1909 and comprises 19 wards. It is located between the Ganges and the Feeder ...

-Rajshahi *** Pandu-Karimganj-Pandu ** Seaports for inter-country trade *** India:

Haldia Port Haldia port or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly river. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner. So it is not a port. It is an official dock complex. It has ...

(West Bengal),

Port of Kolkata Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port, officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust (formerly Kolkata Port Trust), is the only riverine major port of India, located in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around from the sea. It is the olde ...

(West Bengal), Pandu, Guwahati (Assam),

(Assam) and

Silghat Silghat is a town located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra, in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is 48 km northeast of Nagaon. With a river and hills, the scenic beauty of Silghat attracts local and visitors throughou ...

(Assam). *** Bangladesh:

Port of Narayanganj The Port of Narayanganj is a river port in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and busiest river ports in Bangladesh; and one of the major ports of the Bengal delta. The port is located on the Shitalakshya River. The port area is home ...

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

Port of Mongla The Port of Mongla is a link sea port, located at Mongla Upazila, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.It is a sea port of Khulna city which is located near to the north. It is the second largest and second busiest seaport of Bangladesh. Mongla port lie ...

Sirajganj Sirajganj ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ) is a city in north-western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj District, and with a population of 167,200 is the fourteenth most popul ...

and

Ashuganj Ashuganj or Ashugonj ( bn, আশুগঞ্জ) is a town in the Brahmanbaria District of Chittagong Division of Bangladesh in the Meghna River delta. Its altitude is 10 meters (36 feet). The city is known for the Port of Ashuganj and for its pow ...

Inland National waterways in NE

* NER Waterways: 20 National Waterways in NE **

National Waterway 2 National Waterway 2 (NW-2) is a section of the Brahmaputra River having a length of 891 km between the Bangladesh border near Dhubri and Sadiya in Assam. History It was declared as National Waterway No. 2 on 1 September 1988. Developmen ...

Sadiya Sadiya is a town in Tinsukia district, Assam. It was the capital of the Chutia Kingdom and after the downfall of the kingdom it became the seat of the ''Sadiya-khowa-Gohain'' of the Ahom kingdom. Extensive remains of buildings and fortifica ...

and

Dhubri Dhubri (Pron: ˈdhubri) is an old town and headquarter of Dhubri district in Indian state of Assam. It is an old town on the bank of the Brahmaputra river, with historical significance. In 1883, the town was first constituted as a Municipal Bo ...

on Bangladesh-India border 891 km stretch of

Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...

is already operational. ** 19 additional NE National Waterways under development (as of Dec 2017). *** NW6: Aai River, Assam, 71 km. *** NW16:

Barak River The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in India. Further it enters Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converges again to become the Meghna river before for ...

, Assam, 121 km. *** NW18: Beki River, Assam, 73 km. *** NW30:

Dihing River Dihing or Burhi Dihing (Dihong = wide river ) is a large tributary, about long, of the Brahmaputra River in Upper Assam in northeastern India. The river originates at above sea level in the Eastern Himalayas (the Patkai Hills) in Arunachal P ...

, Assam, 114 km. *** NW31:

Dhansiri River The Dhansiri is a river of Golaghat District of Assam and the Chümoukedima District and Dimapur District of Nagaland. It originates from ''Laisang peak'' of Nagaland. It flows through a distance of from south to north before joining the B ...

- Chathe River, Assam, 110 km. *** NW32:

Dikhu River Dikhuiyeh ( fa, ديخوييه, also Romanized as Dīkhū’īyeh and Dikhoo’yeh; also known as Deh Kūh, Dehkuye, Dehkūyeh, and Dīkhū) is a village in Khabar Rural District, in the Central District of Baft County, Kerman Province, Iran ...

, Assam, 63 km. *** NW33: Doyans River, Assam, 61 km. *** NW38:

Gangadhar River Gangadhar (1936–2003) was an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. A character actor who transitioned from stage to films in the mid-1960s, he had a brief period of success when his performances in social-dramas such as ''Gejj ...

, Assam & West Bengal, 62 km. *** NW39: Ganol River, Meghalaya, 49 km. *** NW50: Jinjiram River, Assam & Meghalaya, 43 km. *** NW57:

Kopili River Kopili River is an interstate river in Northeast India that flows through the states of Meghalaya and Assam and is the largest south bank tributary of the Brahmaputra in Assam. Course The Kopili originates in the Meghalaya plateau and flows ...

, Assam, 46 km. *** NW61: Kumari River, Meghalaya, 28 km. *** NW62:

Lohit River The Lohit River, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, ...

, Assam, 100 km. *** NW82: Puthimari River, Assam, 72 km. *** NW93: Simsang River, Meghalaya, 62 km. *** NW95: Subansiri River, Assam, 111 km. *** NW101:

Tizu River This is a list of rivers in Myanmar (also known as Burma). This list is arranged by drainage basin from east to west, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Indian Ocean * Nāf River * Kaladan River * Lemro Rive ...

- Zungki River, Nagaland. *** NW102: Tlawng River, Mizoram, 86 km. *** NW106:

Umngot River The Umngot River, also known as the Dawki River and Wah Umngot, is a river which flows through Dawki, a little town located at the bottom of the Jaintia Hills in West Jaintia Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. The town is relative ...

, Meghalaya, 20 km. ** More potential NER National Waterwaysare being considered.

Power

As of December 2017, power transmission grid project approved in 2014 is being implemented of which 2,540 km lines already laid, and 16 hydro power projects of 5676 MW being implemented and additional 694 MW projects already implemented.

Tourism

Projects include approval of in 2016 to prevent erosion of world's largest riverine island of

Majuli Mājuli or Majuli () is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 it became the first island to be made a district in India. It had an area of at the beginning of the 20th century, but having lost significantly to erosion it c ...

, development of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur, Tourist Circuit in Sikkim, Tribal Circuit in Nagaland and

Umiam Lake Umiam Lake (locally known as Dam sait) is a reservoir in the hills north of Shillong in the state of Meghalaya, India. It was created by damming the Umiam River in the early 1960s. The principal catchment area of the lake and dam is spread over ...

in meghalaya (Dec 2017 update).

Look-East Connectivity

Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade. Myanmar and

nations are part of India's Look East policy. India is part of

+6,

, Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative,

, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, SAARC,

, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network.

Seaport development

Sittwe Port Sittwe Port is a deepwater port constructed by India in 2016 at Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in Myanmar, on the Bay of Bengal. Situated at the mouth of the Kaladan River, the US$120 Million port is being financed by India as a part of the ...

, Myanmar's multimodel port being developed by India * Sabang Deepsea Port, jointly developed by India and Indonesia under strategic military and economic agreement,

Indira Point Indira Point, the southernmost point of India's territory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil. Rondo Island, Indonesia's northernmost i ...

, India's southernmost point, is close to Indonesia's

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and Aceh Province. See also List of extreme points of India, Extreme points of India

India-Myanmar-China Stilwell Road revival

Discussions are also proceeding on reopening the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

-era

Stilwell Road The Ledo Road (from Ledo, Assam, India to Kunming, Yunnan, China) was an overland connection between India and China, built during World War II to enable the Western Allies to deliver supplies to China and aid the war effort against Japan. ...

linking India's

state with China's

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

province through

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India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT Highway), long route, is a highway under upgrade under India's Look East policy that will connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar. Imphal- Mandalay-Bangkok route, consisting of ...

, also known as the East-West Economic Corridor, is a from India to Vietnam highway under construction under India's Look East policy, that will connect

Moreh Givat HaMoreh (Hebrew: גבעת המוֹרֶה), in Arabic: Jebel ed-Duhy, is a hill in northern Israel on the northeast side of the Jezreel Valley. The highest peak reaches an altitude of , while the bottom of the Jezreel Valley is situated at ...

, India with

Mae Sot Mae Sot ( th, แม่สอด, ; my, မဲဆောက်, ; shn, , ) is a city in western Thailand that shares a border with Myanmar to the west. It is notable as a trade hub and for its substantial population of Burmese migrants and refug ...

, Thailand via

. It is

AH1 Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via Korea, China, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria west of Istanbul ...

of Asian Highway Network. The road is expected to boost trade and commerce in the

ASEAN–India Free Trade Area The ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA) is a free trade area among the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of India. The initial framework agreement was signed on 8 October 2003 in Bali, Ind ...

, as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia. India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. India and

have plans to extend this route to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as this connectivity will generate annually, an estimated US$70 billion in incremental GDP and 20 million in incremental aggregate employment by 2025, and India has offered US$1 billion line-of-credit for this project (c. Dec 2017).Asean in talks to take IMT highway up to Vietnam
12 Dec 2017.

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay national highway upgrade

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay Highway currently exists. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highway stated that it would spend an estimated to upgrade roads and highways in

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in order to boost the region's connectivity with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among these projects, the Ministry plans to widen the Imphal-Moreh highway in Manipur which currently serves as an important trade route between India and Myanmar. This would provide the Manipur's capital city of

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the f ...

with direct access to the trilateral highway.

Zokhawthar-Mandalay road strengthening

Mizoram-Kalemyo Highway is a road widening and strengthening project planned by India. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport also plans to construct a highway linking

Zokhawthar Zokhawthar is a border town in the Champhai district of Mizoram state of India. It is located in the Khawzawl R.D. Block, on the India–Myanmar border, near the Rih Dil lake. Khawmawi village and Rikhawdar on the Myanmar side are the acces ...

Rikhawdar Rihkhawdar ( my, ရိခေါ်ဒါရ်; also called Rih), next to Khawmawi, is a border town in Falam District, Chin State, Myanmar. It lies opposite Zokhawthar village of the Champhai district of Mizoram, India, across the Tiau (Ciau)r ...

(also called "Rih") near

Champhai Champhai (Pron:/tʃamˈpʰaɪ/) is a border town in Mizoram state, in far eastern India. It is the headquarters of Champhai district, one of the eleven districts in the state. It is located on the Indo- Myanmar border and is situated in a str ...

, a border town in Mizoram, with the trilateral highway at Kalemyo. This will serve as a second route providing direct connectivity from Mizoram to the trilateral highway.

Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road

The Mago-

Thingbu Thingbu is a settlement in Tawang district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Location It is located on the proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, alignment map ...

– Vijaynagar Border Highway, also known as

, in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

is a road proposed to be built along the

(international border between India and China) by the

at the cost of INR40,000 crore (approx. US$6.5 billion as per 2014 prices). Currently, along the alignment of this proposed road there is "little habitation" and there are only "small stretches of minor roads". An assessment by the

Ministry of Defence (India) The Ministry of Defence (MoD) ( IAST: ''Rakshā Mantrālaya'') is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India ...

in 2013 found that of the 503 stretches on the borders planned to be completed by 2022, only 17 were complete and work was underway on just 50. In 2014 October,

Kiren Rijiju Kiren Rijiju (born 19 November 1971) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh who serves as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice in the Government of India. Early life Rijiju was born on 19 November 1971 at Nakhu near Nafra in West K ...

, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India was trying to expedite the project along with another proposed highway

East-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh East-West Industrial Corridor Highway of Arunachal Pradesh, a 2-lane and 966.78 km long including existing 274.20 km Pasighat-Manmao route, is a proposed highway across lower foothills of Arunachal Pradesh state in India from Bhairabkunda in As ...

as he said "I am proposing to undertake this road along with another in the foothill areas of

state from

Bhairabkunda Bhairabkunda is a popular picnic spot in Udalguri district in the State of Assam, India. It is situated on the border of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, near the Bhutanese town of Daifam. The Jampani River, originating in Bhutan, and Bhairabi R ...

located at the tri-junction of

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

and

Ruksin Ruksin is a Sub-Division and Major City located in the East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. Location Ruksin is located 30 km away from its district headquarters of Pasighat.On The Arunachal Times http://www.arunachaltimes.in/sep12%2028. ...

in East Siang district of

state which will serve as an industrial corridor for the people residing in the foothill areas of the state".

Manipur-Mandalay bus service from 2018

Manipur-Mandalay bus service is pending subject to the signing of motor vehicle agreement. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar announced that an

- Mandalay India-Myanmar bus service will commence from 2018 after India and Myanmar sign the motor vehicle agreement.Imphal-Mandalay bus service likely to begin from next year.
Imphal Times, 9 Sept 2017.

Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight

Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight is a proposed air service. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar also proposed that a flight service from Imphal in Manipur to Mandalay via stopover in

Kalay Kalay ( my, ကလေး), also known as Kale, is a town in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar. It is located upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin River. The town is the district headquarters of the Kalay D ...

(Kalaymyo) in

Sagaing Division Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

of Myanmar could be started under

regional connectivity scheme. It was proposed to DoNER in 2012 and a successful trial run was conducted in December 2015.Imphal-Mandalay bus service trial run
Dec 2015.

Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway

Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at

Tinsukia Tinsukia (Pron: ˌtɪnˈsʊkiə) is an industrial town. It is situated north-east of Guwahati and away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of Assam, India. History During th ...

Doom Dooma Doom Dooma (Pron:/ˌduːm ˈduːmə/) is a town and a municipality area in Tinsukia district in the state of Assam, India. Demographics Doom Dooma is a municipality area in district of Tinsukia, Assam. The town is divided into ten wards f ...

state of India and

Myitkyina Myitkyina (, ; (Eng; ''mitchinar'') Jinghpaw: ''Myitkyina'', ) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located from Yangon, and from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of t ...

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...

of Myanmar, by laying new rail track via Shin Bway Yang and

Sumprabum Sumprabum ( my, ဆွမ်ပရာဘွမ်မြို့) is a town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of the Myanmar. Climate Sumprabum has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate clas ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

uses broad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...

(1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US$1 billion line of credit to build connections to

nations.India proposed $1 billion credit for connectivity with ASEAN: Nitin Gadkari
Financial Express, December 2017.

Imphal-Kalaymyo railway

Imphal-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at

in Manipur of India and

in Myanmar.

uses broad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use

(1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US1 billion line of credit to build connections to

nations.

Aizawl-Wuntho railway

Aizawl-Wuntho railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station at

Wuntho Wuntho ( my, ဝန်းသို) or Waing Hso ( shn, ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) was a native state of Upper Burma when Burma (Myanmar), was under British control. It had an area of around with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between ...

in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via

Aizawl Aizawl (; Mizo: ) is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890. With a population of 293,416, it is the largest city in the state. It is also the centre of administration containing all ...

in Mizoram of India to Wuntho in Myanmar which currently goes further north up to

towards

China–Myanmar border The China–Myanmar border is the international border between the territory of the People's Republic of China and Myanmar (formerly ''Burma''). The border is 2,129 km (1,323 mi) in length and run from the tripoint with India in the nor ...

. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to

nations.

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station Kalay in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via

in Mizoram of India to Kalay in Myanmar. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to

nations.

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing

Kyauktaw Kyauktaw ( my, ေက်ာက္ေတာ္ၿမိဳ႕ ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar. The famous Mahamuni Buddha image was originally situated near Kyauktaw, in the ruins of the old city of Dhanya ...

Sittwe Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptyi ...

railway in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via

Lunglei Lunglei (Pron: /ˈlooŋgˌleɪ/) is a town, situated in the south-central part of Mizoram state, northeastern India. Lunglei, literally meaning 'bridge of rock' got its name from a bridge like rock found in the riverine area around Nghasih - a ...

Lawngtlai Lawngtlai is the district headquarters of Lawngtlai district in the state of Mizoram in India. It is also the headquarters of Lai Autonomous District Council, one of the three autonomous district councils in Mizoram (the other two being Mara Au ...

in Mizoram of India to

in Myanmar developed by India.

Minbu Minbu ( my, မင်းဘူးမြို့) is a city in Magwe Division, Myanmar. , the city has an urban population of 22,962. The area consists of low plain-land towards the Ayeyarwady River, and of undulating country inland rising high ...

is an under construction railway to link Sittwe with the exiting Myanmar railway network. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to

nations.

India-Myanmar-Thailand railway

India-Myanmar-Thailand railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and by linking existing railway lines in southern Myanmar to the Thailand rail network in 2 locations: *

Mongnai Möng Nai or Mongnai is a town in Mong Nai Township in the Shan State of Burma. ''Mong'' is equivalent to Mueang. History Prior to World War II, Mongnai State Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, was a Shan state in ...

existing railway east in Myanmar to

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

in north-west Thailand * Kyauk Shat or Dawei to Namtok, Myelat, Nam Tok near Bangkok

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway#India-Thailand new railway link, Myanmar-to-Thailand to connect Transport in Laos#Railways, railway in Laos. Laos only has one railway station in the whole nation, located 20 km east of Vientiane, that was built by State Railway of Thailand during 2007-09 by extending its Metre-gauge railway, metre-gauge network across the Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge from Thanaleng Railway Station in Thailand. Test trains began running on July 4, 2008, and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5, 2009. There is also an under-construction (2017) Keng Tung railway line in east Myanmar that can be extended to Laos in future. Laos-Vietnam railway: In 2012, an agreement for the construction of 220-kilometre $5 billion line, from Savannakhet in south Laos to Port of Vũng Ang in Vietnam, via Mụ Giạ Pass and Tan Ap (intersects Vietnam railway network), was awarded to a Malaysian company "Giant Consolidated Limited" to complete the construction from 2013 to 2017. By December 2016, installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway right-of-way was completed. In future, Savannakhet is planned to be connected to the existing State Railway of Thailand, railway in Thailand at Khon Kaen or Ubon Ratchathani.

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway

Cambodia railway map
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway link is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network, India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway#India-Thailand new railway link, to Thailand, India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway#India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia, to Combodia to connect the Rail transport in Cambodia, rail network in Cambodia. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet (Krong Poi Pet), though train services is currently suspended (2017).

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network, India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway#India-Thailand new railway link, to Thailand, India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway#India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia, to Combodia to connect Vietnam Railways. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet (Krong Poi Pet) though train services is currently suspended (2017) and Phnom Penh-Hoa Lu-Dĩ An connection with Vietnam is under construction (2017), while there is no current or planned rail connection to Laos.

uses broad gauge () and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use meter gauge ().

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway

Malaysia railway map
India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway is a proposed new railway link as part of the Trans-Asian Railway, parts of which already exist, by using Malaysia–Thailand border#Railway crossings, existing metre-gauge connections of Thai railway network to Rail transport in Malaysia, railway network in Malaysia (at Padang Besar, Malaysia, Palang Besar in north west and Tumpat District, Tumpat in north east Malaysia) and Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail (being constructed between 2017 and 2026). Two rail crossings along the Malaysian-Thai border are: *Padang Besar, Malaysia-Padang Besar, Thailand: Both the Malaysian and Thai towns where the crossing is located are known by the same name. This crossing connects to Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu, West Coast trunk line and Thailand's State Railway of Thailand, main southern line to Bangkok via Hat Yai. Both Malaysian and Thai customs, immigration and quarantine formalities are conducted at Malaysia's Padang Besar railway station. *Rantau Panjang-Sungai Kolok: On the Malaysian side, this bridge crossing is on a branch line which is connected to Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu, East Coast line. In Thailand, the crossing is connected to the Su-ngai Kolok branch line which links up with the State Railway of Thailand, main southern line at Hat Yai. The crossing is currently not in use (January 2018).

India-Bangladesh Sabroom-Cox Bazar railway

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Khagrachari-Rangamati-Bandarban district headquarters in the tribal areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts, joining the existing Chittagong-Satkania Upazila, Satkania track at Satkania and proceeding further on the new track to the Cox's Bazar which is one of the official port for transit to India.

India-Bangladesh Baraiya-Zokhawtar railway

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Baraiya (southwest Tripura)-Chaggalnaiya (Bangladesh)-Manu Bazar (South Tripura)-Sabroom-Khargachari-Magrum-Nunsri

-Aizawl-Zokhawtar-Kalemo.

India-Bangladesh Bandarban-Tuiping railway

Route for this will be Bandarban (Bangladesh)-Tuiping (Mizoram)-Niawhtlang (Mizoram-Burma border)-Gangaw (Myanmar).

India-Bangladesh Shillong-Sylhet railway

Route for this will be Shillong and Dawki in India to Sylhet in Bangladesh.

India-Bangladesh Dhubri-Jaria railway

Route for this will be

, Tura, Meghalaya, Tura, Barengapara and Durgapur in India to Purbadhala Upazila, Jaria in Bangladesh.

References

External links

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Official website

NEC Final Plan 2017
{{authority control Government ministries of India, North East Northeast India Government agencies established in 2001 2001 establishments in India Indigenous affairs ministries