"Kaladan is in a very difficult part of Myanmar. There were logistical challenges, even to get to the place," said Indian external affairs Minister S Jaishankar. .
The project connects Kolkata seaport with Sittwe seaport, in Rakhine State. In Myanmar, it will link Sittwe seaport with Paletwa in Chin State, via the Kaladan riverboat route.
And then it connects Paletwa by road to Mizoram. This project was scheduled to be completed by 2014.
The New Indian Express Feb.15, 2021
Myanmar on Friday - Jan. 22 - received 1.5 million doses of Covishield (AstraZeneca) vaccine, from India.
India is donating millions of doses of vaccines, to a string of countries in Asia, drawing praise from it's neighbors.
Shipments have already gone to Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
Myanmar's Health Ministry spokesperson Khin Khin Gyi said that the vaccines would be stored in refrigerated rooms and be rolled out next week. "Health care workers would be first priority and elderly people will be next", she said.
