Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project is a project that will connect the eastern Indian seaport of [[Kolkata]] with [[Sittwe]] port in [[Myanmar]] by sea; it will then link [[Sittwe]] to [[Mizoram]] via river and road transport. The Project is scheduled for completion in 2014 according to [[Governor_of_MizoramGovernor of Mizoram]] [[Vakkom Purushothaman]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Purushothaman|first=Vakkom|title=Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project to link sea route in Myanmar with Mizoram|url=http://tntmagazine.in/news/mizoram/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-to-link-sea-route-in-myanmar-with-mizoram/|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=The Northeast Times}}</ref>. This project will reduce reduce distance from [[Kolkata]] to [[Sittwe]]e by approximately 1328 kms and will reduce the need to transport good through the narrow Siliguri corridor, also known as ‘chicken’s neck,’. Initially India had tried to persuade Bangladesh to offer transport and transit rights to the northeastern states. However, Bangladesh has consistently refused to grant such rights, including access to its Chittagong port, which is less than 200kms away from Agartala, the capital of Tripura.<ref>{{cite news|last=Phukan|first=Papori|title=Kaladan Multi-Modal Project In Myanmar|url=http://manipuronline.com/look-east-policy/kaladan-multi-modal-project-in-myanmar/2010/12/19|accessdate=11 August 2012|newspaper=Manipur Online}}</ref>
