In pure economic terms, Bihar is very much geo strategically located as would be soon realized. Its olden glory wan not a fluke. It has all the necessary ingredients to become an international economic hub once again. Just that it requires a visionary who can help realize its immense potential. Being located at the national, or rather international, cross roads has a tremendous advantage. Earliest this potential is recognized, the better would be the outcome for the state. Three potential international economic corridors, as identified in the study of various multilateral agencies, are set to converge at this “Sangam” (confluence) of Economic Corridors, that is, Patna. These emerging corridors are:
1. “Eastern Economic Corridor“ (Raxaul- Patna- Rajauli- Ranchi- Rourkela- Chaudhawar(Katak) –Paradip)- along Larger China- Nepal and India Neo Silk Route
2. “Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor” – (Amritsar- Ambala- Roorkee-Delhi- Luknow- Patna- Hazribagh-Kolkata)- Along West Asia South Asia Trade Route
3. “North East Frontier Economic Corridor” – ( Patna – Siligudi – Guwahati- Aizawl) – Along Mekong Ganga South Asia South East Asia Economic Corridor
Studies sponsored by UNESCAP and ADB have invariably ended up advocating the aforementioned economic corridors with a small variations here and there. Also, various stakeholders have voiced their desire for such a corridor on a number of occasions.
Sangam of Economic Corridors: United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has been working on various s regional and sub regional integration program. It has been spearheading an effort on Asian Integration and has come up with a set of Roadways Identified as Asian Highways (figure 2) and also a Trans Asian Railway Network (figure 3). Two Main Asian Highways namely Asain Highway 1 originating from Japan and ending up at Turkey would be passing along the Grand Trunk Road in Bihar. Another Asian Highway System originating from Indonesia is set to pass through Tarai Region of Nepal. Yet another highway that is Asian Highway 42 will connect mainland china to Dobhi near Bodhgaya in Bihar. As for railway network, main trunk of Trans Asian Railway will pass along Grand Chord ( parallel to GT road), but it will split up to cover Main Line Passing through Patna and another split up at Mokama to link up Raxaul and thereafter Tarai Region. Red lines in the figure 1 depict Asian Highway system and other colour lines depict the Trans Asian Railway network.Different colour has been used for depicting different rail gauges. Blue circles indicate existing dryports and white ones are the proposed dryports.
In pure economic terms, Bihar is very much geo strategically located as would be soon realized. Its olden glory wan not a fluke. It has all the necessary ingredients to become an international economic hub once again. Just that it requires a visionary who can help realize its immense potential. Being located at the national, or rather international, cross roads has a tremendous advantage. Earliest this potential is recognized, the better would be the outcome for the state. Three potential international economic corridors, as identified in the study of various multilateral agencies, are set to converge at this “Sangam” (confluence) of Economic Corridors, that is, Patna. These emerging corridors are:
1. “Eastern Economic Corridor“ (Raxaul- Patna- Rajauli- Ranchi- Rourkela- Chaudhawar(Katak) –Paradip)- along Larger China- Nepal and India Neo Silk Route
2. “Amritsar Delhi Kolkata Industrial Corridor” – (Amritsar- Ambala- Roorkee-Delhi- Luknow- Patna- Hazribagh-Kolkata)- Along West Asia South Asia Trade Route
3. “North East Frontier Economic Corridor” – ( Patna – Siligudi – Guwahati- Aizawl) – Along Mekong Ganga South Asia South East Asia Economic Corridor
Studies sponsored by UNESCAP and ADB have invariably ended up advocating the aforementioned economic corridors with a small variations here and there. Also, various stakeholders have voiced their desire for such a corridor on a number of occasions.
Sangam of Economic Corridors: United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has been working on various s regional and sub regional integration program. It has been spearheading an effort on Asian Integration and has come up with a set of Roadways Identified as Asian Highways (figure 2) and also a Trans Asian Railway Network (figure 3). Two Main Asian Highways namely Asain Highway 1 originating from Japan and ending up at Turkey would be passing along the Grand Trunk Road in Bihar. Another Asian Highway System originating from Indonesia is set to pass through Tarai Region of Nepal. Yet another highway that is Asian Highway 42 will connect mainland china to Dobhi near Bodhgaya in Bihar. As for railway network, main trunk of Trans Asian Railway will pass along Grand Chord ( parallel to GT road), but it will split up to cover Main Line Passing through Patna and another split up at Mokama to link up Raxaul and thereafter Tarai Region. Red lines in the figure 1 depict Asian Highway system and other colour lines depict the Trans Asian Railway network.Different colour has been used for depicting different rail gauges. Blue circles indicate existing dryports and white ones are the proposed dryports.
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