BCIM economic corridor - Diplomacy and International relations
Q. Consider the following statements related to BCIM economic corridor
1. It will join Kolkata with Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan province
2. The Mago - Thingbu - Vijaynagar Border Highway proposed to be built along the McMahon Line would be connected to the BCIM Economic Corridor Highway.
Which of the above statements is / are correct? - Published on 07 Jul 15a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both
d. None
ANSWER: Both
It will join Kolkata with Kunming, the capital of China's Yunnan province, passing through Myanmar and Bangladesh, linking Mandalay in Myanmar as well as Dhaka and Chittagong in Bangladesh.
From the West Bengal capital, the corridor will head towards Benapole, a border crossing town in Bangladesh. After passing through Dhaka and Sylhet, it will re-enter the Indian territory near Silchar in Assam. The rest of the passage will be connected with Imphal and then pass through the India-built Tamu-Kalewa friendship road in Myanmar. Mandalay will be the next focal point of the corridor before the road enters Yunnan, after crossing Lashio and Muse in Myanmar. The Chinese stretch extends from Ruili before reaching Kunming through Longling and Dali. The central corridor can be connected with two supplementary passages to the north and the south. Starting from Kunming, the northern passage heads towards Myitkyina, capital of Kachin state in Myanmar, before extending to Ledo in Assam. After crossing Dibrugarh and Guwahati, this road enters northern Bangladesh and joins the central corridor inside the country, before reaching Kolkata.
At present, this route is problematic because it enters a small portion of Arunachal Pradesh over which India and China have a territorial dispute. Besides, a part of this stretch is insurgency-prone, and therefore unsafe.
