With Port in Myanmar, India Counters China In The Neighbourhood
India has operationalised the Sittwe Port in Myanmar with the departure of the inaugural shipment from the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata on Thursday. The initiative is part of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport project. India shares an over 1,600 km long border with Myanmar. The Kaladan project's cost is estimated to be around $500 million.
