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The project includes a waterway component of 158 km on Kaladan river from Sittwe to Paletwa in Myanmar and a road component of 109 km from Paletwa to Zorinpui along the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram.
On 19th April 2016 Indian minister [[Vijay Kumar Singh |General VK Singh]] informed that 66% of the new 2-lane-per-direction 12-meter-wide 99.83 km [[National Highway 502 (India)|National Highway 502A]] (NH502A) starting from NH-54 at Lawangtalai to Zorinpui in Mizoram on Indian side is done and will be completed by June 2018. Other aspects of the project including the port, waterways and 109 km Zorinpui on the India-Myanmar border to Paletwa will be completed by April 2019.<ref name=AT1>[http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr3016/oth054 Kaladan project to be completed by April 2019, Published: April 2016]</ref> Mr Lalrinngheta, a Project Site Engineer on the India side, also reported the work is ongoing.<ref name=TG1><http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/27/india-myanmar-road-mizoram-tribal-areas-modi Title: India’s long highway to Myanmar starts to take shape, Publisher: The Guardian, Published: Sept 2015]</ref> On 21st April 2016, [[Chin State]] Chief Minister Pu Lian Luai in Mayanmar also informed that with INR 20 billion funding from Indian government, Mayanmar is building an arterial highway to connect Paletwa in southern Chin state to 645 km away Chikha sub-town in northern Chin state. This Paletwa-Chikha highway will also be connected to the [[National Highway 502 (India)]] at two places on the Indian border, Paletwa to [[Zochachhuah]]<ref name=loc2/> on NH502A in south-west Mizoram and at [[Khenman]] (Mayanmar) to NH502A [[Behiang]] in east Mizoram. New roads will be built to connect the Paletwa-Chikha highway to villages and towns in Chin state.<ref name=Miz1>[http://mizzima.com/news-domestic/construction-chikha-paletwa-highway-priority Construction of Chikha to Paletwa Highway a priority - See more at: http://mizzima.com/news-domestic/construction-chikha-paletwa-highway-priority#sthash.K3tQ6RiS.dpuf, Published: April 2016]</ref>
[[Indian Railway]] has already converted the current 84 km railline from [[Katakhal]] (Assam) to [[Bairabi]] 2 km inside Mizoram. Its further 51.38 km [[Bairabi Sairang Railway]] extension from [[Bairabi]] to [[Sairang]] (20 km north of [[Aizwal]]) in Mizoram is under construction with target completion date of March 2019 as per status update in March 2016. In August 2015, India railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to [[Hmawngbuchhuah]]<ref name=loc1>[https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Hmawngbuchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+India/@22.1253824,92.7494556,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x30b294c8b0f96afd:0x9819f2ba01cd3684!8m2!3d22.1486636!4d92.7711359 Hmawngbuchhuah ___location map]</ref> on Mizoram’s southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby [[Zochachhuah]]<ref name=loc2>[https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Zochawchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+India/@22.1308892,92.72766,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sZochachhuah,+Mizoram!3m4!1s0x30b294a35a3bdd51:0x494754a5f97f6a23!8m2!3d22.1308147!4d92.7626806 Zochachhuah ___location map]</ref> village the [[National Highway 502 (India)]] (part of ''Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project'') enters Myanmar, leaving a possibility open for yet-unplanned future rail connections to Paletwa.<ref name=IE2>[http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-new-northeast-expresses/#sthash.H3U77Y0L.dpuf Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast]</ref><ref name=IE1>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sanctioned-in-2000-broad-gauge-train-reaches-mizoram-after-16-years/ Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years]</ref>
==See also==
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