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India keen to build ADB funded road link to Sri Lanka

India said it was still interested in a bridge or undersea tunnel link between India and Sri Lanka after signing a road transport agreement with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

Speaking to press, India’s roads minister Nitin Gadkari, said,

“When I met Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials (in June), the told me to look at a connectivity project between the Indian mainland and Sri Lanka as well. They said they would finance it. They proposed a bridge between Rameswaram and Sri Lanka.”

Adding examples of existing overseas connections, Mr Gadkari said,

“When I recently visited Rotterdam, I visited an immersed tunnel connecting Rotterdam and Belgium. So it could be an immersed tunnel or a bridge. We are looking at it.”

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