After the initial rush, the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) road project has hit a slow track. According to sources, among the issues slowing implementation are a relatively cold Thailand and infrastructure inadequacies in Myanmar.
Mid-2015, India had proposed seamless movement of cargo, scheduled (bus) and non-scheduled (private) passenger vehicles between Moreh in Manipur and Mae Sot in Thailand. This was similar to the Bhutan-Bangladesh-India-Nepal (BBIN) motor-vehicles pact (MVA) inked outside SAARC in June 2015.
However, unlike BBIN, the three IMT countries are yet to complete the agreement scheduled to be signed in March. No consensus emerged during negotiations among India, Myanmar and Thailand alternately at Bangkok and Delhi last year. (Courtesy of thehindubusinessline.com)
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