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Soon a bus from Imphal to Mandalay
Indian Express | Esha Roy | Imphal: Jan 03 2012, 03:11 hrs
The Manipur government is set to have a long-awaited link to Myanmar, with a luxury bus service set to be launched from Imphal to Mandalay. This will be the first proper link between the two countries, said Manipur Chief Secretary D S Poonia.
Hectic work is on for the double-laning (and in some parts four-laning) of the existing 326-km road from Imphal to the border town of Moreh. The upgradation of the last 18 km is likely to be completed by March 2012, said officials.
By 2016, Manipur is expected to get its first rail link as well. “The attempt will be to take the railway line into Myanmar as well. Eventually this is the route which will give us access to the whole of South East Asia and is in consonance with the Prime Minister’s Look East policy,” added Poonia, calling the road link a likely backbone of the planned trans-Asia highway as well as the trans-Asia rail route.
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