World Bank project to link Indias Mizoram with Bangladesh, Myanmar
Better connectivity can help reduce freight and passenger transport costs, says Diep Nguyen-van Houtte, Senior Transport Specialist and the World Banks Task Team Leader for the project The Dollar Business Bureau | @TheDollarBiz The World Bank will lend $107 million to improve Indias hilly state of Mizorams road linkage with Bangladesh and Myanmar to boost trade in the region. Indias Northeastern state of Mizoram is sandwiched between Bangladesh and Myanmar, two countries with which the state shares a border of over 720 kilometres. The World Bank says that the Mizoram State Roads II Regional Transport Connectivity Project is expected to improve transport connectivity of Mizoram which can help increase intra-regional trade and reduce trade costs significantly. Being strategically located between Myanmar and Bangladesh, ...
