Q40.
With reference to India's projects on connectivity, consider the following statements: 1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat. 2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar. 3. Bangladesh-China- India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China. How many of the above statements are correct?
Answer
D
Explanation
two terminals of the East-West corridor under Quadrilateral Project are Silcher in Assam and in Gujarat. Hence statement 1 is not correct. India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) Trilateral Highway from India and goes to Thailand via Myanmar. It be linking Moreh (India) -Bagan (Myanmar) -Mae (Thailand). Hence statement 2 is not correct. Trilateral Highway is still a project under and therefore its contribution to the growth and development of the region has yet reached its potential. The proposed of TLH to Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Viet Nam is fulfillment of this objective. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic (BCIM) Corridor is a proposed connectivity that aims to enhance economic cooperation and between Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar. corridor is expected to run from Kunming in China, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, and eventually Kolkata in India. Hence statement 3 is not option (d) is the correct answer.