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[[File:Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project.svg|thumb|Route map of the transport project]]

The '''Kaladan Road Project'''<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Purushothaman|first=Vakkom|url=http://tntmagazine.in/news/mizoram/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-to-link-sea-route-in-myanmar-with-mizoram/|title=Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project to link sea route in Myanmar with Mizoram|newspaper=The Northeast Times|access-date=11 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415053036/http://tntmagazine.in/news/mizoram/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-to-link-sea-route-in-myanmar-with-mizoram/|archive-date=15 April 2012}}</ref> 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 river]] boat route, and then from Paletwa by road to [[Mizoram]] state in Northeast India. All components of the project, including Sittwe port and power, river dredging, Paletwa jetty, have been completed,<ref name=update2>[https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/north/still-under-construction-1502635461.html Still under construction], ''The Statesman'', 13 May 2018.</ref><ref name=update3>[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/india-starts-construction-of-1600-cr-mizoram-myanmar-kaladan-road/article23577107.ece India starts construction of ₹1,600-cr Mizoram-Myanmar Kaladan road], ''Business Line'', 17 April 2018.</ref> except the under construction Zorinpui-Paletwa road.<ref name=jats1/> Originally, the project was scheduled to be completed by 2014, but end-to-end project is expected to be fully operational only by '''March 2023''' as per March 2021 update.<ref name=jats1/>

The route of the project around Paletwa and along the [[Kaladan river]] is troubled with [[Chin people#History and politics|Chin conflict]], [[Rohingya conflict]] and militant groups such as [[Arakan Army (Kachin State)|Arakan Army]] and [[Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army]] (ARSA).<ref name=mand4>[https://www.firstpost.com/india/buddhist-refugees-in-mizoram-begin-journey-back-to-myanmar-but-unconfirmed-tales-of-horror-keep-them-on-edge-4383481.html Buddhist refugees in Mizoram begin journey back to Myanmar, but unconfirmed tales of horror keep them on edge], ''First Post''</ref><ref name=mand5>[https://thewire.in/politics/ne-dispatch-home-of-shillong-times-editor-attacked-sikkim-faces-vegetable-shortage NE Displaced people], The Wire.</ref> Among these the ARSA, created by Pakistan's [[Lashkar-e-Toiba]] and has links with [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen]] in Bangladesh and the [[Indian Mujahideen]] in India,<ref name=terror1>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/myanmar-calling/cid/1461895 Myanmar calling], ''The Telegraph''</ref> was behind the mass killing of Hindu [[Burmese Indians]] in the [[Kha Maung Seik massacre]].<ref name="amnesty">{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-myanmar-rohingya-idUKKCN1BZ0RL |title=Myanmar says bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Rakhine State|first=wa Lone, Shoon |last=Naing |date=25 September 2017|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref><ref name="AmnestyInt">{{cite web|title=Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State | url = https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/myanmar-new-evidence-reveals-rohingya-armed-group-massacred-scores-in-rakhine-state/|website=www.amnesty.org}}</ref>

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===Zorinpui border crossing and visa arrangements ===

[[Borders of India#India–Myanmar border|Integrated Customs & Immigration Checkpost]] at [[Lawngtlai district#Zorinpui Integrated Check Post|Zorinpui]] in [[Lawngtlai district]], is already operational since 2017.<ref name=icp4>[https://www.google.com.sg/search?client=firefox-b&dcr=0&ei=lWJCWr3sLcrJvgS0ory4CA&q=zorinpui+lawngtlai+&oq=zorinpui+lawngtlai+&gs_l=psy-ab.3...5050.12763.0.13049.20.20.0.0.0.0.285.2665.0j13j2.15.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..5.10.1914...0j0i67k1j0i131k1j0i10k1j0i13k1.0.d3bPEkKCEM4 India opens two border crossing points with Myanmar, Bangladesh], ''[[Times of India]]'', 1 Oct 2o17.</ref> In early 2018, visa agreement were signed for the citizens of two nations to travel by road for education, medical assistance, tourism and other purposes.<ref name=update1>[https://www.mmtimes.com/news/india-ramps-myanmar-ties-gain-foothold-asean.html India ramps up Myanmar ties to gain foothold in ASEAN], ''Myanmar Times'', May 2018.</ref><ref name=update2/> This agreement was operationalised on 9 August 2018.<ref name=mandalay1/> Indians and Myanma citizens with valid passport and vis can pass through two official Land Border Crossings at [[Moreh, India|Moreh]] in Manipur ([[Tamu, Myanmar|Tamu]] in [[Sagaing Region]] of Myanmar) and [[Zokhawthar]] in Mizoram ([[Rikhawdar]] in [[Chin State]] of Myanmar).<ref name=mandalay1/>

===Motor Vehicle Agreement===