KOLKATA: Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu has announced that his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh. Speaking at a conference, Zhanwu said with joint efforts of India and China, a high-speed rail link could be established between the two cities. “It will only take a few hours to reach Kolkata from Kunming if the rail link becomes a reality,” he asserted.
He also said that Myanmar and Bangladesh would benefit from the project. “We may have a cluster of industries along the route. That increases the possibility of economic development of countries involved in the 2800 km-long project,” he maintained. The project had also found mention at the Greater Mekong Subregion meet in Kunming in 2015.
Zhanwu said the rail route was aimed at boosting trade flow in the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corrider, adding that his country has been striving for the revival of Silk Route to increase connectivity from Kunming to Kolkata.
