Railway Line upto #Myanmar Border

Railway Line upto Myanmar Border

Indian Railways carried out a feasibility study in 2005 through Rail India Technical & Economic Services Ltd. (RITES), a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) of Ministry of Railways for a link from Jiribam in India to Mandalay in Myanmar via Imphal. This includes the missing link of approximately 360 km from Jiribam (India) to Kalay (Myanmar) via Moreh(India) / Tamu (Myanmar). The Jiribam-Imphal Section (125 km) is a sanctioned work. The portions from Imphal to Moreh (111 km) and from Tamu to Kalay (128 km) in Myanmar have not been sanctioned.

This Press Release is based on information given by the Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 03.08.2016 (Wednesday).