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• The Kaladan Multimodal project envisages connecting Kolkata to Sittwe port in Myanmar, and then Mizoram by river and road. India and Myanmar had signed a framework agreement in 2008 for the implementation of this project. 
• The Kaladan project starts from West Bengal and charts an over 500-km course through the Bay of Bengal to Myanmar’s Sittwe Port, where it channels the Kaladan river — which flows from Myanmar to Mizoram — to connect with the northeast. 

• As the name implies, it’s multimodal and employs a range of infrastructure from roads and bridges to floating barrages.
• The Project is in its final stages despite delays due to various challenges.