“Vantage | What rebels’ takeover of key towns means for Indian projects in Myanmar”, First Post, February 10, 2024:
“From a future opportunity to a present danger, Myanmar. The coup-hit neighbour of India is now in the grip of violence.
The military junta is in trouble. It is losing ground, as is the faith of its neighbours.
First, it was China that cut its losses, and now it is India that’s being forced to take some tough calls.
An Indian project in Myanmar has come to a grinding halt. It is the Kaladan project, a major undertaking aimed at improving India’s connectivity with Southeast Asia.
It was supposed to connect India’s Kolkata port with Myanmar’s Sittwe port. This is in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. But in recent days, progress has stalled…..”
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