India offers Myanmar to build roads, bridges

Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has stated that India has offered to build 71 new bridges in Myanmar on the Tamu to Kalewa highway. He added that a team from the Road Transport and Highways Ministry is visiting that country as part of the project.

He was speaking at premiere of the film, 'Highway to the Asian Century' by Suhas Borker at the India International Centre on December 7. Mathai said India is also helping construct the Kalewa-Yargi road in Myanmar.

The film screening comes ahead of the Dec 20-21 Asean-India Commemorative Summit being held in New Delhi to mark 20 years of India’s relations with the 10-member ASEAN.