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India's "Act East" policy may take a serious hit, as New Delhi has unilaterally extended the deadline for its connectivity projects in Myanmar from 2016 to 2019, a clear sign that despite tall claims it just cannot deliver on the ground.
India is responsible for two big projects — Kaladan multi-modal transport project and India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway. Both projects, controlled by MEA, have fallen behind schedule drastically. This despite the projects being India's opportunity to show that it was putting its Look/Act East policy on an overdrive.
On the trilateral highway, India has committed to construct and upgrade about 70 bridges on the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa road section and upgrade Kalewa-Yargyi stretch. While the Thais have completed their part of the work, and even the Burmese have made significant progress, India is lagging behind. The government has taken refuge under the excuse that MEA's budget has been chopped in the past couple of years. A bigger problem is one of management — which involves interministerial coordination and that too has slipped up. These critical projects have all been brought under a newly created development partnership department in the MEA.
India fails to walk the ?Act East? talk - The Times of India
India is responsible for two big projects — Kaladan multi-modal transport project and India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway. Both projects, controlled by MEA, have fallen behind schedule drastically. This despite the projects being India's opportunity to show that it was putting its Look/Act East policy on an overdrive.
On the trilateral highway, India has committed to construct and upgrade about 70 bridges on the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa road section and upgrade Kalewa-Yargyi stretch. While the Thais have completed their part of the work, and even the Burmese have made significant progress, India is lagging behind. The government has taken refuge under the excuse that MEA's budget has been chopped in the past couple of years. A bigger problem is one of management — which involves interministerial coordination and that too has slipped up. These critical projects have all been brought under a newly created development partnership department in the MEA.
India fails to walk the ?Act East? talk - The Times of India
