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This Sector is led by India
The 1st Meeting of the BIMSTEC Expert Group on Transport and Communication Sector was held on 23-24 April 2001, in New Delhi. The Meeting discussed various concerned issues, including Transportation and Cross-border Facilitation, Multimodal Transport and Logistics, Infrastructure Development, Aviation, Maritime Transport, HRD, as well as Communication Linkages and Networking.
BIMSTEC members recognized the importance to create air, sea, and land linkages. They include the open sky policy in BIMSTEC, development of the Tri-lateral Highway Project between Thai-Myanmar-India and Thai-Myanmar-Bangladesh, which will facilitate land transport from the Bay of Bengal to the South China Sea. In terms of sea transport, there are the coastal navigation project and a feasibility study on Tavoy, proposed by India
Sub-Sectors
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• Identification and promotion of new inter-modal linkages within BIMST-EC countries.
Chair country India. |
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• Improving efficiency of international land transport in BIMST-EC countries |
Meetings/Reports
Focal Points
| Country |
Name |
Organization |
Contact Details |
| Bangladesh |
Mr. Md. Emdadul Haque
(Joint Secretary) |
Energy and Mineral
Resource Division
Ministry of Power Energy and Mineral Resources |
Tel : +88-02-716-6114
Fax : +88-02-716-5097 |
| Bhutan |
Mr. Tenzin Choeda
(Director) |
National Information Technology Authority, Ministry of Information & Communications |
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| India |
Shri Girish Pillai
(Executive Director) |
Perspective Planning, Ministry of Railways |
Tel & Fax : +91-11-23389101
edpp@rb.railnet.gov.in |
| Mukul Saran Mathur (Director) |
Transport Planning, Ministry of Railways |
Tel & Fax : +91-11-23388858
dtp@rb.railnet.gov.in |
| Myanmar |
U Win Pe
(Director General) |
Department of Transport Ministry of Transport |
Tel. : +95 67 411043
Fax. : +95 67 411421
dept.transport@mptmail.net.mm |
U Khin Maung
(Chief Engineer) |
Ministry of Construction |
Tel. : +95 67 407578
Fax. : +95 67 407064 kmserd@sailormoon.com |
| Nepal |
Mr. Dhurba Kumar Sharma
(Under Secretary) |
Ministry of Labour and Transport Management |
Tel. : +9771 4247 842
Fax. : +9771 4256 877
moltme@most.gov.np |
| Sri Lanka |
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| Thailand |
Ms. Jatuporn Wongta (Chief) |
Regional Cooperation Section, Ministry of Transport |
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