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Mizoram to be corridor to the east: M M Lakhera

Aizawl, Mar 14: Mizoram Governor Lt Gen (Retd) M M Lakhera has assured to soon transform Mizoram into a corridor to the east.

Addressing the tenth session of fifth state Assembly yesterday, Mr Lakhera said the Centre under the 'Look East Policy' had agreed to take up two major projects for the economic deelopment of the state.

''Rs 7,459 million Kaldan Multi-Modal Transport project, will link the region with Sittwe port in Myanmar, providing a much-needed access by sea,'' he said.

He also said Triangular Road project would link the state with east and north Myanmar, connecting Rih village on Mizoram-Myanmar border with Falam and Tiddim.

The Border Roads Organisation have submitted a detailed project report of Rs 711.47 crore for the purpose.

He also said under the Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme, the government had fixed a target of providing safe drinking water to 134 habitations during 2006-07 of which only 47 habitations were covered.

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8 feared dead after storm lashes Myanmar coast

Yangon, May 20: Eight people were feared dead and more than 900 houses were destroyed by a storm in the Bay of Bengal that swept through coastal districts of Myanmar last week, a fisherman and a state newspaper said today. A small fishing trawler with 13 crew sank off Sindamaw Island, 18 miles (30 km) southeast of Rakhine state's capital Sittwe, last week, the fisherman told Reuters. ''Three of the 13 crew were rescued.....
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