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Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

January 21, 2023

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is a Government of India ministry, established in September 2001, which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio-economic development of the eight States of Northeast India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.[2] It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries/ Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks, provision of basic minimum services, creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region.

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Agency overview
FormedSeptember, 2001
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersVigyan Bhavan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi -110 011.
Annual budget₹3,000 crore (US$380 million) (2018-19 est.)[1]
Ministers responsible
Websitemdoner.gov.in

The current, Minister of Development of North Eastern Region is G. Kishan Reddy.[3]

Functions and responsibilities

The Department of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full-fledged ministry in May 2004. The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North-Eastern region.

Main activities/functions of the DoNER.

  • Non Lapsible Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR)[4] Coordination with the Central Ministries and the State Governments of the NE states.
  • Capacity Building
  • Advocacy and Publicity
  • International Cooperation
  • Enterprises of the Department

Organisations

The ministry has following organisations functioning under it:[5]

  • North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd.(NEDFi)
  • North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC)
  • The Sikkim Mining Corporation Limited. (SMC)
  • North Eastern Handlooms and Handicrafts Development Corporation (NEHHDC)

List Of Ministers

# Portrait Name Term of office Duration Prime Minister Party
1   Arun Shourie 1 September 2001 29 January 2003 1 year, 150 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party
2   C. P. Thakur 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 1 year, 114 days
3   Paty Ripple Kyndiah 23 May 2004 24 October 2006 2 years, 154 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress
4   Mani Shankar Aiyar 24 October 2006 22 May 2009 2 years, 210 days
5   Bijoy Krishna Handique 28 May 2009 12 July 2011 2 years, 45 days
6   Paban Singh Ghatowar
(Independent Charge) 		19 July 2011 26 May 2014 2 years, 311 days
7   Gen. V. K. Singh
(Independent Charge) 		26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party
8   Jitendra Singh
(Independent Charge) 		9 November 2014 7 July 2021 6 years, 240 days
9   G. Kishan Reddy 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 197 days

List of Ministers of State

Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
B. L. Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 197 days

Northeast India connectivity projects

See also: Look-East Connectivity

Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade.[6][7] Myanmar and ASEAN nations are part of India's Look East policy.[8][9][10] India is part of ASEAN+6, Asia Cooperation Dialogue, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Asian Clearing Union, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative, BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, SAARC, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network.[11][12]

Major initiatives covered are Transport between India and Bangladesh, Bangladesh–India border, India-Myanmar barrier, Bhutan–India border, McMahon Line, etc.

Bridges

Roads

International roads

NE has 5,000 km border with Nepal, Bhutan, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar while being isolated and connected to rest of India by 20 km narrow chicken-neck Siliguri Corridor.[13]

Strategic National Highways (NH)

13,500 km were NH out of total 3,76,819 km of road length in NE (March 2012).[13]

  • Schemes: Bharatmala and NH[14]
    • Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) plan[15] for NE and Look East connectivity.
    • Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East (SARDP-NE) plan for the China border roads.[15]
  • Funding:
    • Total approved (A+B): ₹626,000 million (equivalent to ₹750 billion or US$9.3 billion in 2020) (until Dec 2017).[16][17]
    • A. ₹326,000 million (equivalent to ₹390 billion or US$4.9 billion in 2020) 3,840 km approved and ₹135,000 million (equivalent to ₹160 billion or US$2.0 billion in 2020) 1,266 km completed (2014 to Dec 2017).[16][17][18]
      • ₹53,000 million (equivalent to ₹63 billion or US$790 million in 2020) additional funding released to ensure completion by March 2023 of current NE NH projects by plugging the gap, on 100% centre-funding basis, instead of usual 90:10 centre-state funding mechanism (Dec 2017).[17]
    • B. ₹300,000 million (equivalent to ₹360 billion or US$4.5 billion in 2020) additional approved under Bharatmala for NE NH (Dec 2017).[16][17]
  • Routes:
    Major NE NH route map and SARDP Arunachal roads map.
  • Highways:
    • Arunachal Frontier Highway 2,000 km route along the China border in upper Himalayas, ₹400,000 million (equivalent to ₹540 billion or US$6.8 billion in 2020)[19][20]
    • Trans-Arunachal Highway NH13 1,559 km route through the middle via 12 district HQ while connecting the remaining 4 district HQ with link highways, at ₹100,000 million (US$1.3 billion) (c. 2008) under SARDP-NE.[21][22]
      • Northeast border roads:[23]
        • NHIDCL launched in 2015 building of 100 strategic 7,000 km long border roads at the cost of ₹800,000 million (equivalent to ₹950 billion, US$12 billion or €12 billion in 2020) across India including in Arunachal (Dec 2017 update).[16][17]
        • BRO border roads:
          — 73 border roads: incl. Sikkim and Arunachal, all to be completed by March 2022 (June 2017).[24][25]
          — 410 border bridges:
            - 144 in Arunachal (75 under construction completing by 2020),
            - 40 in Sikkim under construction (Dec 2017).[26]
          — 17 border rail and road tunnels: total length of 100 km,
            - Arunachal (Nechipu Pass (near Bomdila) and Sela Pass tunnels on Bogibeel Assam to Sagalee to Tawang NH13),
            - North Sikkim (578 meter Theng Pass tunnel on NH310A between Chungthang and Tung) (Dec 2017).[27][28]
    • Arunachal East-West Corridor along the Assam border in the lower foothills (marked in red) is being taken under Bharatmala project.
    • 2,570 km approved NH (1917+653 in-progress and completed) in Arunachal, 36% road connectivity, 22 km per 100 km2 Arunachal road density including dirt tracks (c. Nov 2017).[29]

Other roads

  • North Eastern Council inter-state projects and roads:[30]
    • 47 new inter-state roads of 1,666 km costing ₹50,000 million (equivalent to ₹60 billion or US$750 million in 2020), of which 4 were taken within plan ending March 2017.[13]
    • 2014 to Dec 2017:[16][17]
      • ₹23,090 million (equivalent to ₹28 billion or US$340 million in 2020) projects executed,
      • ₹5,790 million (equivalent to ₹6.9 billion or US$86 million in 2020) to ₹9,690 million (equivalent to ₹12 billion or US$140 million in 2020) rise in the annual budget.
      • 56 to 138 increase in the number of projects, incl. Bramputra Study Centre established to research river ecosystem.
  • PMGSY roads in NE, including border village roads].[31] Relaxation to be given to the minimum 250 people habitation in case of villages within 50 km of border.[13]

Railway

  • Northeast railway connectivity projects
  • Trans-Asian Railway
  • NER railways,[32][33][34][35] In December 2017, 15 new NE railway projects of 1,385 km length were approved at the cost of ₹470,000 million (equivalent to ₹560 billion, US$7.0 billion or €6.9 billion in 2020).
    • Sivok–Rangpo line, 44 km long, to Gangtok in Sikkim.[36]
    • Teteliya–Byrnihat line, 22 km long, from Guwahati's suburb Tetelia to Byrnihat near Shillon in Meghalaya is likely to be completed by March 2022.[36]
    • Dimapur–Kohima line, 82 km long, to Kohima In Nagaland is expected to be completed by March 2023.[36]
    • Jiribam–Imphal line, 111 km long, to Imphal is likely to be completed by March 2022.[36]
    • Bhairabi–Sairang line, 51 km long, to Aizawl in Mizoram is likely to be completed by March 2023.[36]

Air

Airports development

NER Airports.[37] The Indian government upgraded 12 non-operational airports into operational airports in NE (May 2017, work started on 8 airports in 2014).[38][39] LGBIA Guwahati will operate as the inter-regional hub and Agartala Airport, Dibrugarh Airport and Imphal Airport will operate as intra-regional hubs by extending runways and apron, and by building terminal building and maintenance hangars at these airports.[39] Three new greenfield under-construction airports are Itanagar Holangi Airport, Pakyong Airport-Operationalized (Sikkim) and Chiethu Airport (Nagaland).[39]

Airports development phase-I (fy2016-17 to fy2019-20)

Airports Authority of India (AAI) will spend ₹25,000 million (equivalent to ₹30 billion, US$370 million or €370 million in 2020) between 2018 and 2020, including the following will be completed by 2019-20 (c. Dec 2017):[40][41]

Airports development phase-II (fy2018-19 to -)

The central government will invest a further ₹80,000 million (equivalent to ₹95 billion, US$1.2 billion or €1.2 billion in 2020) to develop more NR airports.[41] Several advanced landing ground heliports will be upgraded to dual army-civilian airports.[41] This likely includes the following:[43][38][39]

Flights

Among airports in Northeast India, the following were connected under UDAN:

UDAN flights

UDAN Phase-I flights started at Shillong Airport, Dimapur Airport, Imphal International Airport, Silchar Airport, Lengpui Aizawl Airport and Agartala Airport.[41]

UDAN Phase-II flights started at TBA?

Other flights

2014-2017 NEC plan proposes to work towards starting the following flights:[13]

Waterways

International NE waterways

Inland National waterways in NE

Power

As of December 2017, ₹98,650 million (equivalent to ₹120 billion, US$1.5 billion or €1.4 billion in 2020) power transmission grid project approved in 2014 is being implemented of which 2,540 km lines already laid, and 16 hydro power projects of 5676 MW being implemented and additional 694 MW projects already implemented.[16][17]

Tourism

Projects include approval of ₹2,070 million (equivalent to ₹2.5 billion, US$31 million or €30 million in 2020) in 2016 to prevent erosion of world's largest riverine island of Majuli, development of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur, Tourist Circuit in Sikkim, Tribal Circuit in Nagaland and Umiam Lake in meghalaya (Dec 2017 update).[16][17]

Look-East Connectivity

See also: Northeast connectivity projects

Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45% of India's foreign trade.[6][7] Myanmar and ASEAN nations are part of India's Look East policy.[47][48][49] India is part of ASEAN+6, Asia Cooperation Dialogue, Asian Clearing Union, Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative, BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, SAARC, South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network.[11][12]

Seaport development

  • Sittwe Port, Myanmar's multimodel port being developed by India
  • Sabang Deepsea Port, jointly developed by India and Indonesia under strategic military and economic agreement, Indira Point, India's southernmost point, is close to Indonesia's Rondo Island and Aceh Province.

See also Extreme points of India

India-Myanmar-China Stilwell Road revival

Main article: Stilwell Road

Discussions are also proceeding on reopening the World War II-era Stilwell Road linking India's Assam state with China's Yunnan province through Myanmar.[12]

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway, also known as the East-West Economic Corridor,[50] is a 3,200 km (2,000 mi) from India to Vietnam highway under construction under India's Look East policy, that will connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar.[51] It is AH1 of Asian Highway Network. The road is expected to boost trade and commerce in the ASEAN–India Free Trade Area, as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia. India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.[52]

India and ASEAN have plans to extend this route to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as this connectivity will generate annually, an estimated US$70 billion in incremental GDP and 20 million in incremental aggregate employment by 2025, and India has offered US$1 billion line-of-credit for this project (c. Dec 2017).[53]

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay national highway upgrade

Imphal-Moreh-Mandalay Highway currently exists. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highway stated that it would spend an estimated ₹7,500 million (equivalent to ₹8.9 billion or US$110 million in 2020) to upgrade roads and highways in North East India in order to boost the region's connectivity with Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among these projects, the Ministry plans to widen the 108 km (67 mi) Imphal-Moreh highway in Manipur which currently serves as an important trade route between India and Myanmar.[54] This would provide the Manipur's capital city of Imphal with direct access to the trilateral highway.[54]

Zokhawthar-Mandalay road strengthening

Mizoram-Kalemyo Highway is a road widening and strengthening project planned by India. In May 2017, the Indian Ministry of Road Transport also plans to construct a 120 km (75 mi) highway linking Zokhawthar-Rikhawdar (also called "Rih") near Champhai, a border town in Mizoram, with the trilateral highway at Kalemyo. This will serve as a second route providing direct connectivity from Mizoram to the trilateral highway.[54]

Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road

See also: Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road

The Mago-Thingbu–Vijaynagar Border Highway, also known as Arunachal Frontier Highway,[55] in Arunachal Pradesh India is a 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) road proposed to be built along the McMahon Line[56] (international border between India and China) by the Government of India at the cost of INR40,000 crore (approx. US$6.5 billion[19] as per 2014 prices).[20] Currently, along the alignment of this proposed road there is "little habitation" and there are only "small stretches of minor roads".[56] An assessment by the Ministry of Defence (India) in 2013 found that of the 503 stretches on the borders planned to be completed by 2022, only 17 were complete and work was underway on just 50.[citation needed] In 2014 October, Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India was trying to expedite the project along with another proposed highway East-West Industrial Corridor Highway, Arunachal Pradesh[55] in Arunachal Pradesh[20] as he said "I am proposing to undertake this road along with another in the foothill areas of Arunachal Pradesh state from Bhairabkunda in Assam located at the tri-junction of Bhutan, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to Ruksin in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh state which will serve as an industrial corridor for the people residing in the foothill areas of the state".[20]

Manipur-Mandalay bus service from 2018

Manipur-Mandalay bus service is pending subject to the signing of motor vehicle agreement. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar announced that an Imphal-Mandalay India-Myanmar bus service will commence from 2018 after India and Myanmar sign the motor vehicle agreement.[57]

Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight

See also: UDAN

Imphal-Kalay-Mandalay flight is a proposed air service. In September 2017, Indian ambassador to Myanmar also proposed that a flight service from Imphal in Manipur to Mandalay via stopover in Kalay (Kalaymyo) in Sagaing Division of Myanmar could be started under UDAN regional connectivity scheme.[57] It was proposed to DoNER in 2012 and a successful trial run was conducted in December 2015.[58]

Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway

 
Myanmar railway map
See also: Indian Railways and Myanmar Railways

Tinsukia-Myitkyina railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at Tinsukia-Doom Dooma in Assam state of India and Myitkyina in Kachin State of Myanmar, by laying new rail track via Shin Bway Yang and Sumprabum. Indian Railways uses broad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use narrow gauge (1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US$1 billion line of credit to build connections to ASEAN nations.[59]

Imphal-Kalaymyo railway

Imphal-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at Imphal in Manipur of India and Kalay in Myanmar. Indian Railways uses broad gauge (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use narrow gauge (1 meter). In December 2017, India offered a US1 billion line of credit to build connections to ASEAN nations.[59]

Aizawl-Wuntho railway

Aizawl-Wuntho railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station at Wuntho in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Wuntho in Myanmar which currently goes further north up to Myitkyina towards China–Myanmar border. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[59]

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway

Aizawl-Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station Kalay in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Champhai in Mizoram of India to Kalay in Myanmar. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[59]

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway

Aizawl-Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing Kyauktaw-Sittwe railway in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi–Sairang line via Aizawl-Lunglei-Lawngtlai in Mizoram of India to Sittwe Port in Myanmar developed by India. Kyauktaw to Minbu is an under construction railway to link Sittwe with the exiting Myanmar railway network. These are to be taken up with assistance of India's 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations.[59]

India-Myanmar-Thailand railway

See also: Indian Railways and Thailand Railways
 
Thailand rail map

India-Myanmar-Thailand railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and by linking existing railway lines in southern Myanmar to the Thailand rail network in 2 locations:

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway

See also: Indian Railways, Myanmar Railways, Thailand Railways, and Laos Railways

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Laos railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and Myanmar-to-Thailand to connect railway in Laos. Laos only has one railway station in the whole nation, located 20 km east of Vientiane, that was built by State Railway of Thailand during 2007-09 by extending its metre-gauge network across the Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge from Thanaleng Railway Station in Thailand.[60] Test trains began running on July 4, 2008,[61] and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5, 2009.[62][63] There is also an under-construction (2017) Keng Tung railway line in east Myanmar that can be extended to Laos in future.

Laos-Vietnam railway: In 2012, an agreement for the construction of 220-kilometre $5 billion line, from Savannakhet in south Laos to Port of Vũng Ang in Vietnam, via Mụ Giạ Pass and Tan Ap (intersects Vietnam railway network), was awarded to a Malaysian company "Giant Consolidated Limited" to complete the construction from 2013 to 2017.[64][65] By December 2016, installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway right-of-way was completed.[66] In future, Savannakhet is planned to be connected to the existing railway in Thailand at Khon Kaen or Ubon Ratchathani.

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway

See also: Indian Railways, Myanmar Railways, Thailand Railways, and Cambodia Railways

Cambodia railway map

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia railway link is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network, to Thailand, to Combodia to connect the rail network in Cambodia. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet (Krong Poi Pet), though train services is currently suspended (2017).

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway

See also: Indian Railways, Myanmar Railways, Thailand Railways, Cambodia Railways, and Vietnam Railways
 
Vietnam railway map

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam railway is a proposed new railway link, parts of which already exist, by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network, to Thailand, to Combodia to connect Vietnam Railways. Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet (Krong Poi Pet) though train services is currently suspended (2017) and Phnom Penh-Hoa Lu-Dĩ An connection with Vietnam is under construction (2017), while there is no current or planned rail connection to Laos. Indian Railways uses broad gauge (1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)) and Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia use meter gauge (1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)).

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway

See also: Indian Railways, Thailand Railways, and Trans-Asian Railway

Malaysia railway map

India-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore railway is a proposed new railway link as part of the Trans-Asian Railway, parts of which already exist, by using existing metre-gauge connections of Thai railway network to railway network in Malaysia (at Palang Besar in north west and Tumpat in north east Malaysia) and Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail (being constructed between 2017 and 2026[67]). Two rail crossings along the Malaysian-Thai border are:

India-Bangladesh Sabroom-Cox Bazar railway

 
Bangladesh railway map

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Khagrachari-Rangamati-Bandarban district headquarters in the tribal areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts, joining the existing Chittagong-Satkania track at Satkania and proceeding further on the new track to the Cox's Bazar which is one of the official port for transit to India.

India-Bangladesh Baraiya-Zokhawtar railway

This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Baraiya (southwest Tripura)-Chaggalnaiya (Bangladesh)-Manu Bazar (South Tripura)-Sabroom-Khargachari-Magrum-Nunsri Lunglei-Aizawl-Zokhawtar-Kalemo.

India-Bangladesh Bandarban-Tuiping railway

Route for this will be Bandarban (Bangladesh)-Tuiping (Mizoram)-Niawhtlang (Mizoram-Burma border)-Gangaw (Myanmar).

India-Bangladesh Shillong-Sylhet railway

Route for this will be Shillong and Dawki in India to Sylhet in Bangladesh.

India-Bangladesh Dhubri-Jaria railway

Route for this will be Dhubri, Tura, Barengapara and Durgapur in India to Jaria in Bangladesh.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region is a Government of India ministry established in September 2001 which functions as the nodal Department of the Central Government to deal with matters related to the socio economic development of the eight States of Northeast India Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Tripura and Sikkim 2 It acts as a facilitator between the Central Ministries Departments and the State Governments of the North Eastern Region in the economic development including removal of infrastructural bottlenecks provision of basic minimum services creating an environment for private investment and to remove impediments to lasting peace and security in the North Eastern Region Ministry of Development of North Eastern RegionAgency overviewFormedSeptember 2001JurisdictionGovernment of IndiaHeadquartersVigyan Bhavan Annexe Maulana Azad Road New Delhi 110 011 Annual budget 3 000 crore US 380 million 2018 19 est 1 Ministers responsibleG Kishan Reddy Cabinet MinisterB L Verma Minister Of StateWebsitemdoner wbr gov wbr inThe current Minister of Development of North Eastern Region is G Kishan Reddy 3 Contents 1 Functions and responsibilities 2 Organisations 3 List Of Ministers 4 List of Ministers of State 5 Northeast India connectivity projects 5 1 Bridges 5 2 Roads 5 2 1 International roads 5 2 2 Strategic National Highways NH 5 2 3 Other roads 5 3 Railway 5 4 Air 5 4 1 Airports development 5 4 1 1 Airports development phase I fy2016 17 to fy2019 20 5 4 1 2 Airports development phase II fy2018 19 to 5 4 2 Flights 5 4 2 1 UDAN flights 5 4 2 2 Other flights 5 5 Waterways 5 5 1 International NE waterways 5 5 2 Inland National waterways in NE 5 6 Power 5 7 Tourism 6 Look East Connectivity 6 1 Seaport development 6 2 India Myanmar China Stilwell Road revival 6 3 India Myanmar Thailand Trilateral Highway 6 4 Imphal Moreh Mandalay national highway upgrade 6 5 Zokhawthar Mandalay road strengthening 6 6 Mago Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road 6 7 Manipur Mandalay bus service from 2018 6 8 Imphal Kalay Mandalay flight 6 9 Tinsukia Myitkyina railway 6 10 Imphal Kalaymyo railway 6 11 Aizawl Wuntho railway 6 12 Aizawl Kalaymyo railway 6 13 Aizawl Kyauktaw Sittwe railway 6 14 India Myanmar Thailand railway 6 15 India Myanmar Thailand Laos railway 6 16 India Myanmar Thailand Cambodia railway 6 17 India Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam railway 6 18 India Myanmar Thailand Malaysia Singapore railway 6 19 India Bangladesh Sabroom Cox Bazar railway 6 20 India Bangladesh Baraiya Zokhawtar railway 6 21 India Bangladesh Bandarban Tuiping railway 6 22 India Bangladesh Shillong Sylhet railway 6 23 India Bangladesh Dhubri Jaria railway 7 References 8 External linksFunctions and responsibilities EditThe Department of Development of North Eastern Region DoNER was created in 2001 and was accorded the status of a full fledged ministry in May 2004 The ministry is mainly concerned with the creation of infrastructure for economic development of North Eastern region Main activities functions of the DoNER Non Lapsible Central Pool of Resources NLCPR 4 Coordination with the Central Ministries and the State Governments of the NE states Capacity Building Advocacy and Publicity International Cooperation Enterprises of the DepartmentOrganisations EditThe ministry has following organisations functioning under it 5 North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd NEDFi North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited NERAMAC The Sikkim Mining Corporation Limited SMC North Eastern Handlooms and Handicrafts Development Corporation NEHHDC List Of Ministers Edit Portrait Name Term of office Duration Prime Minister Party1 Arun Shourie 1 September 2001 29 January 2003 1 year 150 days Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party2 C P Thakur 29 January 2003 22 May 2004 1 year 114 days3 Paty Ripple Kyndiah 23 May 2004 24 October 2006 2 years 154 days Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress4 Mani Shankar Aiyar 24 October 2006 22 May 2009 2 years 210 days5 Bijoy Krishna Handique 28 May 2009 12 July 2011 2 years 45 days6 Paban Singh Ghatowar Independent Charge 19 July 2011 26 May 2014 2 years 311 days7 Gen V K Singh Independent Charge 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party8 Jitendra Singh Independent Charge 9 November 2014 7 July 2021 6 years 240 days9 G Kishan Reddy 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year 197 daysList of Ministers of State EditMinister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Minister of state Portrait Political party Term YearsB L Verma Bharatiya Janata Party 7 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year 197 daysNortheast India connectivity projects EditSee also Look East Connectivity Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45 of India s foreign trade 6 7 Myanmar and ASEAN nations are part of India s Look East policy 8 9 10 India is part of ASEAN 6 Asia Cooperation Dialogue Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Asian Clearing Union Asian Development Bank Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative BIMSTEC East Asia Summit Mekong Ganga Cooperation SAARC South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Asian Highway Network and the Trans Asian Railway network 11 12 Major initiatives covered are Transport between India and Bangladesh Bangladesh India border India Myanmar barrier Bhutan India border McMahon Line etc Bridges Edit List of road bridges on Brahmaputra RiverRoads Edit International roads Edit NE has 5 000 km border with Nepal Bhutan China Bangladesh and Myanmar while being isolated and connected to rest of India by 20 km narrow chicken neck Siliguri Corridor 13 Asian Highway Network ASEAN and Look East connectivityStrategic National Highways NH Edit 13 500 km were NH out of total 3 76 819 km of road length in NE March 2012 13 Schemes Bharatmala and NH 14 Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources NLCPR plan 15 for NE and Look East connectivity Special Accelerated Road Development Programme in North East SARDP NE plan for the China border roads 15 Funding Total approved A B 626 000 million equivalent to 750 billion or US 9 3 billion in 2020 until Dec 2017 16 17 A 326 000 million equivalent to 390 billion or US 4 9 billion in 2020 3 840 km approved and 135 000 million equivalent to 160 billion or US 2 0 billion in 2020 1 266 km completed 2014 to Dec 2017 16 17 18 53 000 million equivalent to 63 billion or US 790 million in 2020 additional funding released to ensure completion by March 2023 of current NE NH projects by plugging the gap on 100 centre funding basis instead of usual 90 10 centre state funding mechanism Dec 2017 17 B 300 000 million equivalent to 360 billion or US 4 5 billion in 2020 additional approved under Bharatmala for NE NH Dec 2017 16 17 Routes Major NE NH route map and SARDP Arunachal roads map Highways Arunachal Frontier Highway 2 000 km route along the China border in upper Himalayas 400 000 million equivalent to 540 billion or US 6 8 billion in 2020 19 20 Trans Arunachal Highway NH13 1 559 km route through the middle via 12 district HQ while connecting the remaining 4 district HQ with link highways at 100 000 million US 1 3 billion c 2008 under SARDP NE 21 22 Northeast border roads 23 NHIDCL launched in 2015 building of 100 strategic 7 000 km long border roads at the cost of 800 000 million equivalent to 950 billion US 12 billion or 12 billion in 2020 across India including in Arunachal Dec 2017 update 16 17 BRO border roads 73 border roads incl Sikkim and Arunachal all to be completed by March 2022 June 2017 24 25 410 border bridges 144 in Arunachal 75 under construction completing by 2020 40 in Sikkim under construction Dec 2017 26 17 border rail and road tunnels total length of 100 km Arunachal Nechipu Pass near Bomdila and Sela Pass tunnels on Bogibeel Assam to Sagalee to Tawang NH13 North Sikkim 578 meter Theng Pass tunnel on NH310A between Chungthang and Tung Dec 2017 27 28 Arunachal East West Corridor along the Assam border in the lower foothills marked in red is being taken under Bharatmala project 2 570 km approved NH 1917 653 in progress and completed in Arunachal 36 road connectivity 22 km per 100 km2 Arunachal road density including dirt tracks c Nov 2017 29 Other roads Edit North Eastern Council inter state projects and roads 30 47 new inter state roads of 1 666 km costing 50 000 million equivalent to 60 billion or US 750 million in 2020 of which 4 were taken within plan ending March 2017 13 2014 to Dec 2017 16 17 23 090 million equivalent to 28 billion or US 340 million in 2020 projects executed 5 790 million equivalent to 6 9 billion or US 86 million in 2020 to 9 690 million equivalent to 12 billion or US 140 million in 2020 rise in the annual budget 56 to 138 increase in the number of projects incl Bramputra Study Centre established to research river ecosystem PMGSY roads in NE including border village roads 31 Relaxation to be given to the minimum 250 people habitation in case of villages within 50 km of border 13 Railway Edit Northeast railway connectivity projects Trans Asian Railway NER railways 32 33 34 35 In December 2017 15 new NE railway projects of 1 385 km length were approved at the cost of 470 000 million equivalent to 560 billion US 7 0 billion or 6 9 billion in 2020 Sivok Rangpo line 44 km long to Gangtok in Sikkim 36 Teteliya Byrnihat line 22 km long from Guwahati s suburb Tetelia to Byrnihat near Shillon in Meghalaya is likely to be completed by March 2022 36 Dimapur Kohima line 82 km long to Kohima In Nagaland is expected to be completed by March 2023 36 Jiribam Imphal line 111 km long to Imphal is likely to be completed by March 2022 36 Bhairabi Sairang line 51 km long to Aizawl in Mizoram is likely to be completed by March 2023 36 Air Edit Airports development Edit NER Airports 37 The Indian government upgraded 12 non operational airports into operational airports in NE May 2017 work started on 8 airports in 2014 38 39 LGBIA Guwahati will operate as the inter regional hub and Agartala Airport Dibrugarh Airport and Imphal Airport will operate as intra regional hubs by extending runways and apron and by building terminal building and maintenance hangars at these airports 39 Three new greenfield under construction airports are Itanagar Holangi Airport Pakyong Airport Operationalized Sikkim and Chiethu Airport Nagaland 39 Airports development phase I fy2016 17 to fy2019 20 Edit Airports Authority of India AAI will spend 25 000 million equivalent to 30 billion US 370 million or 370 million in 2020 between 2018 and 2020 including the following will be completed by 2019 20 c Dec 2017 40 41 Assam Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati modernisation the Chief Minister is also pushing to the convert it into a hub for UDAN and connectivity to at least 9 ASEAN nations c Dec 2017 42 40 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Holangi Airport new airport under construction 41 Tezu Airport upgrade 41 Tripura Agartala International Airport currently 5 000 million equivalent to 6 0 billion US 75 million or 73 million in 2020 new terminal building upgrade to international airport 40 Kailashahar Airport upgrade for UDAN flights 138 km from Agartala 40 Meghalaya Shillong Airport upgrade 40 Airports development phase II fy2018 19 to Edit The central government will invest a further 80 000 million equivalent to 95 billion US 1 2 billion or 1 2 billion in 2020 to develop more NR airports 41 Several advanced landing ground heliports will be upgraded to dual army civilian airports 41 This likely includes the following 43 38 39 Arunachal Pradesh Along Airport Anini Airport Daporijo Airport Koloriang Airport Pasighat Airport Tawang Airport Tura Airport Zero Airport Assam Rupsi Airport Sikkim Pakyong Airport operationalized Nagaland Chiethu Airport under constructionFlights Edit Among airports in Northeast India the following were connected under UDAN UDAN flights Edit UDAN Phase I flights started at Shillong Airport Dimapur Airport Imphal International Airport Silchar Airport Lengpui Aizawl Airport and Agartala Airport 41 UDAN Phase II flights started at TBA Other flights Edit 2014 2017 NEC plan proposes to work towards starting the following flights 13 Kolkata Airport to Guwahati Kumming Dimapur Bangkok Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati to Imphal Yangon Yangon Bangkok Mandalay Kumming Shillong Dhaka Agartala Airport to Dimapur Yangon Dhaka Imphal Airport to Mandalay Bangkok Silchar Airport to Imphal MandalayWaterways Edit International NE waterways Edit India Myanmar Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project India Bangladesh Waterways as per Indo Bangladesh Protocol on Inland Water Transit amp Trade Kolkata Pandu Guwahati Kolkata Kolkata Karimganj Kolkata Rajshahi Dhulian Rajshahi Pandu Karimganj Pandu Seaports for inter country trade India Haldia Port West Bengal Port of Kolkata West Bengal Pandu Guwahati Assam Karimganj Assam and Silghat Assam Bangladesh Port of Narayanganj Khulna Port of Mongla Sirajganj and Ashuganj Inland National waterways in NE Edit NER Waterways 20 National Waterways in NE National Waterway 2 Sadiya and Dhubri on Bangladesh India border 891 km stretch of Brahmaputra River is already operational 19 additional NE National Waterways under development as of Dec 2017 16 17 44 NW6 Aai River Assam 71 km NW16 Barak River Assam 121 km NW18 Beki River Assam 73 km NW30 Dihing River Assam 114 km NW31 Dhansiri River Chathe River Assam 110 km NW32 Dikhu River Assam 63 km NW33 Doyans River Assam 61 km NW38 Gangadhar River Assam amp West Bengal 62 km NW39 Ganol River Meghalaya 49 km NW50 Jinjiram River Assam amp Meghalaya 43 km NW57 Kopili River Assam 46 km NW61 Kumari River Meghalaya 28 km NW62 Lohit River Assam 100 km NW82 Puthimari River Assam 72 km NW93 Simsang River Meghalaya 62 km NW95 Subansiri River Assam 111 km NW101 Tizu River Zungki River Nagaland NW102 Tlawng River Mizoram 86 km NW106 Umngot River Meghalaya 20 km More potential NER National Waterwaysare being considered 45 46 Power Edit As of December 2017 98 650 million equivalent to 120 billion US 1 5 billion or 1 4 billion in 2020 power transmission grid project approved in 2014 is being implemented of which 2 540 km lines already laid and 16 hydro power projects of 5676 MW being implemented and additional 694 MW projects already implemented 16 17 Tourism Edit Projects include approval of 2 070 million equivalent to 2 5 billion US 31 million or 30 million in 2020 in 2016 to prevent erosion of world s largest riverine island of Majuli development of Spiritual Circuit in Manipur Tourist Circuit in Sikkim Tribal Circuit in Nagaland and Umiam Lake in meghalaya Dec 2017 update 16 17 Look East Connectivity EditSee also Northeast connectivity projects Commerce with South and East Asian nations accounts for almost 45 of India s foreign trade 6 7 Myanmar and ASEAN nations are part of India s Look East policy 47 48 49 India is part of ASEAN 6 Asia Cooperation Dialogue Asian Clearing Union Asian Development Bank Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal Initiative BIMSTEC East Asia Summit Mekong Ganga Cooperation SAARC South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Asian Highway Network and the Trans Asian Railway network 11 12 Seaport development Edit Sittwe Port Myanmar s multimodel port being developed by India Sabang Deepsea Port jointly developed by India and Indonesia under strategic military and economic agreement Indira Point India s southernmost point is close to Indonesia s Rondo Island and Aceh Province See also Extreme points of India India Myanmar China Stilwell Road revival Edit Main article Stilwell Road Discussions are also proceeding on reopening the World War II era Stilwell Road linking India s Assam state with China s Yunnan province through Myanmar 12 India Myanmar Thailand Trilateral Highway Edit India Myanmar Thailand Trilateral Highway also known as the East West Economic Corridor 50 is a 3 200 km 2 000 mi from India to Vietnam highway under construction under India s Look East policy that will connect Moreh India with Mae Sot Thailand via Myanmar 51 It is AH1 of Asian Highway Network The road is expected to boost trade and commerce in the ASEAN India Free Trade Area as well as with the rest of Southeast Asia India has also proposed extending the highway to Cambodia Laos and Vietnam 52 India and ASEAN have plans to extend this route to Laos Cambodia and Vietnam as this connectivity will generate annually an estimated US 70 billion in incremental GDP and 20 million in incremental aggregate employment by 2025 and India has offered US 1 billion line of credit for this project c Dec 2017 53 Imphal Moreh Mandalay national highway upgrade Edit Imphal Moreh Mandalay Highway currently exists In May 2017 the Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highway stated that it would spend an estimated 7 500 million equivalent to 8 9 billion or US 110 million in 2020 to upgrade roads and highways in North East India in order to boost the region s connectivity with Myanmar and Bangladesh Among these projects the Ministry plans to widen the 108 km 67 mi Imphal Moreh highway in Manipur which currently serves as an important trade route between India and Myanmar 54 This would provide the Manipur s capital city of Imphal with direct access to the trilateral highway 54 Zokhawthar Mandalay road strengthening Edit Mizoram Kalemyo Highway is a road widening and strengthening project planned by India In May 2017 the Indian Ministry of Road Transport also plans to construct a 120 km 75 mi highway linking Zokhawthar Rikhawdar also called Rih near Champhai a border town in Mizoram with the trilateral highway at Kalemyo This will serve as a second route providing direct connectivity from Mizoram to the trilateral highway 54 Mago Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road Edit See also Mago Thingbu to Vijaynagar Border Road The Mago Thingbu Vijaynagar Border Highway also known as Arunachal Frontier Highway 55 in Arunachal Pradesh India is a 2 000 kilometre long 1 200 mi road proposed to be built along the McMahon Line 56 international border between India and China by the Government of India at the cost of INR40 000 crore approx US 6 5 billion 19 as per 2014 prices 20 Currently along the alignment of this proposed road there is little habitation and there are only small stretches of minor roads 56 An assessment by the Ministry of Defence India in 2013 found that of the 503 stretches on the borders planned to be completed by 2022 only 17 were complete and work was underway on just 50 citation needed In 2014 October Kiren Rijiju Union Minister of State for Home Affairs of India was trying to expedite the project along with another proposed highway East West Industrial Corridor Highway Arunachal Pradesh 55 in Arunachal Pradesh 20 as he said I am proposing to undertake this road along with another in the foothill areas of Arunachal Pradesh state from Bhairabkunda in Assam located at the tri junction of Bhutan Assam and Arunachal Pradesh to Ruksin in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh state which will serve as an industrial corridor for the people residing in the foothill areas of the state 20 Manipur Mandalay bus service from 2018 Edit Manipur Mandalay bus service is pending subject to the signing of motor vehicle agreement In September 2017 Indian ambassador to Myanmar announced that an Imphal Mandalay India Myanmar bus service will commence from 2018 after India and Myanmar sign the motor vehicle agreement 57 Imphal Kalay Mandalay flight Edit See also UDAN Imphal Kalay Mandalay flight is a proposed air service In September 2017 Indian ambassador to Myanmar also proposed that a flight service from Imphal in Manipur to Mandalay via stopover in Kalay Kalaymyo in Sagaing Division of Myanmar could be started under UDAN regional connectivity scheme 57 It was proposed to DoNER in 2012 and a successful trial run was conducted in December 2015 58 Tinsukia Myitkyina railway Edit Myanmar railway map See also Indian Railways and Myanmar Railways Tinsukia Myitkyina railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at Tinsukia Doom Dooma in Assam state of India and Myitkyina in Kachin State of Myanmar by laying new rail track via Shin Bway Yang and Sumprabum Indian Railways uses broad gauge 1 676 mm or 5 ft 6 in and Myanmar Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia use narrow gauge 1 meter In December 2017 India offered a US 1 billion line of credit to build connections to ASEAN nations 59 Imphal Kalaymyo railway Edit Imphal Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing rail stations at Imphal in Manipur of India and Kalay in Myanmar Indian Railways uses broad gauge 1 676 mm or 5 ft 6 in and Myanmar Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia use narrow gauge 1 meter In December 2017 India offered a US1 billion line of credit to build connections to ASEAN nations 59 Aizawl Wuntho railway Edit Aizawl Wuntho railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station at Wuntho in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi Sairang line via Aizawl Champhai in Mizoram of India to Wuntho in Myanmar which currently goes further north up to Myitkyina towards China Myanmar border These are to be taken up with assistance of India s 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations 59 Aizawl Kalaymyo railway Edit Aizawl Kalaymyo railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing railway station Kalay in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi Sairang line via Aizawl Champhai in Mizoram of India to Kalay in Myanmar These are to be taken up with assistance of India s 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations 59 Aizawl Kyauktaw Sittwe railway Edit Aizawl Kyauktaw Sittwe railway is a proposed new railway link between the existing Kyauktaw Sittwe railway in Myanmar and by extending the under construction Bairabi Sairang line via Aizawl Lunglei Lawngtlai in Mizoram of India to Sittwe Port in Myanmar developed by India Kyauktaw to Minbu is an under construction railway to link Sittwe with the exiting Myanmar railway network These are to be taken up with assistance of India s 1 billion line of credit for connections to ASEAN nations 59 India Myanmar Thailand railway Edit See also Indian Railways and Thailand Railways Thailand rail map India Myanmar Thailand railway is a proposed new railway link parts of which already exist by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and by linking existing railway lines in southern Myanmar to the Thailand rail network in 2 locations Mongnai existing railway east in Myanmar to Chiang Mai in north west Thailand Kyauk Shat or Dawei to Nam Tok near BangkokIndia Myanmar Thailand Laos railway Edit See also Indian Railways Myanmar Railways Thailand Railways and Laos Railways India Myanmar Thailand Laos railway is a proposed new railway link parts of which already exist by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network and Myanmar to Thailand to connect railway in Laos Laos only has one railway station in the whole nation located 20 km east of Vientiane that was built by State Railway of Thailand during 2007 09 by extending its metre gauge network across the Thai Lao Friendship Bridge from Thanaleng Railway Station in Thailand 60 Test trains began running on July 4 2008 61 and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5 2009 62 63 There is also an under construction 2017 Keng Tung railway line in east Myanmar that can be extended to Laos in future Laos Vietnam railway In 2012 an agreement for the construction of 220 kilometre 5 billion line from Savannakhet in south Laos to Port of Vũng Ang in Vietnam via Mụ Giạ Pass and Tan Ap intersects Vietnam railway network was awarded to a Malaysian company Giant Consolidated Limited to complete the construction from 2013 to 2017 64 65 By December 2016 installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway right of way was completed 66 In future Savannakhet is planned to be connected to the existing railway in Thailand at Khon Kaen or Ubon Ratchathani India Myanmar Thailand Cambodia railway Edit See also Indian Railways Myanmar Railways Thailand Railways and Cambodia Railways Cambodia railway mapIndia Myanmar Thailand Cambodia railway link is a proposed new railway link parts of which already exist by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network to Thailand to Combodia to connect the rail network in Cambodia Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet Krong Poi Pet though train services is currently suspended 2017 India Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam railway Edit See also Indian Railways Myanmar Railways Thailand Railways Cambodia Railways and Vietnam Railways Vietnam railway map India Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam railway is a proposed new railway link parts of which already exist by constructing missing links between Aizawl and Imphal to Myanmar railway network to Thailand to Combodia to connect Vietnam Railways Cambodia has existing rail link with Thailand at Poipet Krong Poi Pet though train services is currently suspended 2017 and Phnom Penh Hoa Lu Dĩ An connection with Vietnam is under construction 2017 while there is no current or planned rail connection to Laos Indian Railways uses broad gauge 1 676 mm 5 ft 6 in and Myanmar Thailand Vietnam and Malaysia use meter gauge 1 000 mm 3 ft 3 3 8 in India Myanmar Thailand Malaysia Singapore railway Edit See also Indian Railways Thailand Railways and Trans Asian Railway Malaysia railway mapIndia Myanmar Thailand Malaysia Singapore railway is a proposed new railway link as part of the Trans Asian Railway parts of which already exist by using existing metre gauge connections of Thai railway network to railway network in Malaysia at Palang Besar in north west and Tumpat in north east Malaysia and Kuala Lumpur Singapore high speed rail being constructed between 2017 and 2026 67 Two rail crossings along the Malaysian Thai border are Padang Besar Malaysia Padang Besar Thailand Both the Malaysian and Thai towns where the crossing is located are known by the same name This crossing connects to Malaysia s West Coast trunk line and Thailand s main southern line to Bangkok via Hat Yai Both Malaysian and Thai customs immigration and quarantine formalities are conducted at Malaysia s Padang Besar railway station Rantau Panjang Sungai Kolok On the Malaysian side this bridge crossing is on a branch line which is connected to Malaysia s East Coast line In Thailand the crossing is connected to the Su ngai Kolok branch line which links up with the main southern line at Hat Yai The crossing is currently not in use January 2018 India Bangladesh Sabroom Cox Bazar railway Edit Bangladesh railway map This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Khagrachari Rangamati Bandarban district headquarters in the tribal areas of Chittagong Hill Tracts joining the existing Chittagong Satkania track at Satkania and proceeding further on the new track to the Cox s Bazar which is one of the official port for transit to India India Bangladesh Baraiya Zokhawtar railway Edit This will extend the existing Sabroom in south Tripura on the border of Bangladesh to Baraiya southwest Tripura Chaggalnaiya Bangladesh Manu Bazar South Tripura Sabroom Khargachari Magrum Nunsri Lunglei Aizawl Zokhawtar Kalemo India 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