INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Discussions are in the final stages for a $5 billion road-and-rail link between India and Sri Lanka with India set to bear the cost of the
project announced by the island nation since the recent election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake amid efforts by New Delhi to counter
Prabath Chandrakeerthi told Mint
because it will help in trade with European and other countries
Prabath Chandrakeerthi told Mint
bridge between Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu of India and Talaimannar, a village in Mannar Island of Sri Lanka in 2002 and signed an agreement on
However, after the agreement was signed, the Tamil Nadu government opposed the construction of the land bridge.As per the agreement, road
However, after the agreement was signed, the Tamil Nadu government opposed the construction of the land bridge.The talks resumed in 2015
Lanka and India through road or railway
unhindered movement of ships.Queries sent to the spokespeople and secretaries of Indian road transport and highways, ports, shipping and
waterways, railways, external affairs and environment ministries remained unanswered at press time.Source: Mint--Agencies
