Question : India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway

(a) the current status of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway along with the time by which the said highway is likely to be operational;

(b) details of the funds allocated, released and utilized by the Government for the said project;

(c) whether any external non-Governmental agencies have provided funds for the project, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government is negotiating over a motor vehicles pact before the scheduled completion of the project, if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government is considering setting domestic ownership caps on transportation firms, if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) The 1360 kms long India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway is an initiative pertaining to India, Myanmar and Thailand. India is undertaking construction of two sections of the Trilateral Highway in Myanmar namely, (i) construction of 120.74 km Kalewa-Yagyi road section, and (ii) construction of 69 bridges along with the approach road on the 149.70 km Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section. The work on both these sections were awarded on Engineering, Procurement and Construction mode in May 2018 for Kalewa-Yagyi section and November 2017 for the TKK section. The scheduled time for completion of both the projects are three years from the date of commencement at the project site by the executing agency.

(b) ) The funds released by this Ministry is Rs. 188.32 crore out of the approved cost of Rs. 1459.29 crore for the Kalewa-Yagyi road section and Rs. 4.84 crore out of the approved cost of Rs. 371.58 crore for the 69 bridges along with approach road on the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section.

(c) The above mentioned both the projects are being funded by Government of India under grant assistance to the Government of Myanmar.

(d) A Motor Vehicles Agreement along with protocols for regulating and facilitating movement of cargo and passenger vehicular traffic is under inter-governmental negotiations between India, Myanmar and Thailand.

(e) NIL.
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