Kaladan
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Overview
The Kaladan flows from Mizoram into Myanmar. It gives its name to the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project. That route goes by sea from Kolkata to Sittwe port in Rakhine (operational from 2023), by river to Paletwa, and then by road to Mizoram.
It rises in Myanmar's Chin hills, flows into Mizoram, where it is called the Chhimtuipui, and then returns to Myanmar.
It reaches the Bay of Bengal at Sittwe in Rakhine state.
The project is meant to give the north-east an alternative sea route that does not depend on the Siliguri corridor.
Geography and key facts
- Mizoram → Myanmar
- Kaladan multi-modal project
- Sittwe port
- Called Chhimtuipui in Mizoram
- Bypasses the Siliguri corridor
Why it matters for UPSC
Key to Act East and north-east connectivity questions.
Note for UPSC
Flows from Mizoram into Myanmar; the Kaladan multi-modal project links Sittwe port to Mizoram.
Prelims asks about tributaries, the states a river flows through, its basin and the projects on it, so trace the course on the map.
Asked in PYQs
No question in our Prelims bank names Kaladan yet.
Key facts
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In the lessons
- India's Foreign Policy: Principles and Neighbourhood
- India–Bangladesh and India–Myanmar Relations
- India, Japan, Australia, ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific
- Transport Infrastructure: Roads, Railways, Ports and Aviation
- Physical Features and Drainage of India (map lesson)
- Drainage Systems of India: Himalayan and Peninsular Rivers (map lesson)