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- The proposed Shillong (Meghalaya) - Silchar (Assam) highway will reportedly act as a continuation of a key multi-modal transport project in Myanmar.
- It was offering a new sea-based route between the North-East and Kolkata, bypassing Bangladesh.
- This corridor will link to the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar.
- It connects the Kolkata seaport to the Sittwe port on the Kaladan river in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
- The Sittwe port connects to Paletwa in Myanmar through an inland waterway and to Zorinpui in Mizoram through a road section.
- Shillong-Silchar is significant as Silchar is the entry point for connecting Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur as well as the Barak Valley region of Assam.
- The Union Cabinet approved the construction of a 166.8-km-long, 4-lane, high-speed corridor along National Highway-6 from Mawlyngkhung near Shillong in Meghalaya to Panchgram near Silchar in Assam.
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