India plans rail links to Bhutan, Burma, possibly to Iran
Media Release
Apr. 24, 2006

Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav's Ministry of Railways is making a concerted effort to leave enough footprints on foreign lands to give New Delhi, diplomatic manoeuvre in her extended neighbourhood.

Mr Yadav's aides hope nurturing the markets in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa would obviate the need for the countries in those regions to look beyond New Delhi for appropriate technology and funds.

Also, by entering into strategic tie-ups with key countries like Germany, Japan and Russia, the decision-makers in the ministry of railways hope to match the phenomenal growth of the Chinese Railways.

(In 1992, China had 58,000 route-km as compared to 62,000 route-km in India. Within a decade, China added about 24,000 km of new track and grew 24 per cent to reach 72,000 km as compared to India's one per cent growth.)

Sources say that on the drawing board are not just plans to establish rail links with Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh that can be extended to Southeast Asia and westwards up to Iran and beyond.

There is also the desire to become an integral part of the growth of rail network in South Asia by helping the countries in India's sphere of influence to gain access to new technologies and training of personnel.

To further their global ambitions, two of the Indian Railways public sector units - IRCON [Indian Railway Construction Company] and RITES [Rail India Technical and Economic Services] - are considering the setting up of more joint ventures in their quest for investing in projects abroad.

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