Get ready for a road trip to Thailand via Myanmar

Long ride enthusiasts can have a really long road journey that crosses two countries.  A 1360 km long highway is coming up connection India, Myanmar and Thailand. India is undertaking construction of two sections of this Trilateral Highway in Myanmar, which include 120.74 km Kalewa-Yagyi road section and 69 bridges along with the approach road on the 149.70 km Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa (TKK) road section.

The works 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 works are expected to be completed within three years from the date of commencement at the project sites.

The total approved cost of the Kalewa-Yagyi road section is Rs 1459.29, out of which Rs 188.32 crore has been released 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.

Both the projects are being funded by Government of India under grant assistance to the Government of Myanmar.

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.