Context: Kaladan Multimodal Project has suffered a setback due to the capture of a Paletwa town in Myanmar by a rebel group.
About Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP)
- It will connect the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea.
- In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kaladan river boat route, and then from Paletwa by road to Mizoram state in Northeast India.
- It will reduce distance from Kolkata to Sittwe by approximately 1,328 km and will reduce the need to transport goods through the narrow Siliguri corridor, also known as Chicken's Neck.