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'''Sittwe Port''' is a deepwater port constructed by [[India]] in 2016 at [[Sittwe]], the capital of [[Rakhine State]] in [[Myanmar]], on the [[Bay of Bengal]].<ref name=ibn-portstarts>{{cite news|url=http://www.indoburmanews.net/archives-1/2010/december_2010/construction-of-sittwe-port-for-kaladan-multiple-river-project-starts/|title=Construction of Sittwe Port for Kaladan Multiple River Project Starts|publisher=Indo-Burma News|date=2010-12-01|access-date=2011-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401020702/http://www.indoburmanews.net/archives-1/2010/december_2010/construction-of-sittwe-port-for-kaladan-multiple-river-project-starts/|archive-date=2012-04-01}}</ref> Situated at the mouth of the [[Kaladan River]], the US$120 Million port is being financed by India as a part of the [[Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project]], a collaboration between India and Myanmar. The project is aimed at developing transport infrastructure in Southwestern Myanmar and [[Northeast India|Northeastern India]].<ref name=bni-hindupuja>{{cite news|url=http://www.bnionline.net/news/narinjara/11714-hindu-puja-held-for-sittwe-port.html|title=Hindu Puja Held for Sittwe Port|publisher=Burma News International|date=2011-09-20|access-date=2011-10-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111012184335/http://bnionline.net/news/narinjara/11714-hindu-puja-held-for-sittwe-port.html|archive-date=2011-10-12}}</ref>

==History==
The proposal for the [[Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project]] was conceived by India, primarily to provide an alternative route to India's landlocked northeastern states. The only access to these seven states is through the [[Siliguri Corridor]], a narrow strip of Indian territory wedged between [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Routing all cargo destined for the northeast through this corridor causes significant transportation delays and cost overheads. India attempted negotiating with [[Bangladesh]] since the 1970s for transit access from the Bay of Bengal to these states, but was repeatedly denied access by the latter.

The USD 500 million Kaladan project was hence conceived as an alternative, aimed at accelerating infrastructure and economic development in both India and Myanmar. The project includes the construction of a deepwater port at the mouth of the [[Kaladan River]] in [[Sittwe]], the dredging of the river to enable cargo vessels to [[navigability|navigate the river]] from Sittwe to [[Mizoram]] in India, the construction of a river port at [[Paletwa]] in Myanmar's [[Chin State]] and the upgrade of highways from [[Paletwa]] to Myeikwa on the [[India–Myanmar border|Indo-Myanmar borde]]<nowiki/>r.<ref name=ibn-portstarts/>

In 2017, the Sitwee port, Paletwa jetty, road to India and shipments to India are likely to be operational in 2019. In April 2017, India handed over the operation of completed Sittwe port and Inland Water Terminal at Paletwa to Myanmar. In June 2017, India added six gas tanker cargo vessels to transport gas to Northeast India via [[Manipur]].<ref name=mezo1>[http://www.mizzima.com/news-domestic/six-cargo-vessels-handed-over-myanmar-india "Vessels handed over to Myanmar by India."], Mizzima, 2 June 2017.</ref>

An agreement on the project was signed between the governments of [[Government of India|India]] and [[Politics of Myanmar|Myanmar]] in April 2009.<ref name=ibn-portstarts/> The contract for the construction for the Sittwe port was awarded to the [[Essar Group]] of India. The USD 120 Million port is being funded through a long-term interest-free credit line from India. Construction started in 2010, and is expected to be completed by June 2013.<ref name=toi-deepenties>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-seeks-to-deepen-economic-ties-with-Myanmar/articleshow/10346771.cms|title=India seeks to deepen economic ties with Myanmar|work=The Times of India|date=2011-10-14}}</ref>

There is also to a proposal to build 1,575 km long Sittwe-[[Aizawl]]-[[Silchar]]-[[Guwahati]]-[[Siliguri]]-[[Gaya, India|Gaya]] gas pipeline to transport gas from Sittwe Gas Field where [[Oil and Natural Gas Corporation|ONGC]] and [[GAIL (India) Limited|GAIL]] hold 30 percent stake in oil and gas exploration.<ref name=ongc1>Alexis Rieffel, 2010, [https://books.google.com/books?id=FQsErroCfzsC&pg=PA139&lpg=PA139&dq=sittwe+port+development&source=bl&ots=uK13sutvBa&sig=0Qc0dv1eH0kygl63yhXtQbbpLhI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF7O2gsOnVAhUPT48KHSAEBYQ4ChDoAQhZMAs#v=onepage&q=sittwe%20port%20development&f=false "Myanmar/Burma: Inside Challenges, Outside Interests""], Brookings Institution Press, pp139, {{ISBN|0815705069}}.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Sittwe]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Ports and harbours of the Indian Ocean]]
[[Category:Bay of Bengal]]
[[Category:Kaladan River]]
[[Category:Proposed transport infrastructure in Myanmar]]

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