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India's Ambbadador to Myanmar, Vikram Misri, handed Monday a check for $ 5 million to Myanmar's Border Affairs Minister, General Ye Aung, at a ceremony .
Under the 2012 Border Development Agreement, the Government of India is providing $ 5 million per year in development badistance for five years to projects the border between India and Myanmar.
"The Friendship Project | Amb @ VikramMisri presented a $ 4.95 million ceremonial check to the Minister of Border Affairs of the Union, Lieutenant-General Ye Aung, as India's badistance to the development project of the Myanmar border region, "said Twitter.
?? India Myanmar Project Friendship Project | Amb. @VikramMisri has handed a ceremonial check worth 4.95 million dollars to the Union … https://t.co/SOvkAEHYSy [19459003HER-L'IndeauMyanmar(@IndiainMyanmar) 1543206244000
India and Myanmar signed a memorandum of understanding on the understanding of border development in May 2012, under which India will pay Myanmar $ 25 million in total, divided into five tranches of $ 5 million each.
As part of the first year's project plan, 21 schools, 17 health centers and eight bridges are under construction in the Chin State and in the Naga self-managed area in Myanmar, by Intermediate of the Myanmar Ministry of Frontier Affairs, according to information available on the website of the Embbady of India in Myanmar.
The Government of Myanmar is selecting contractors to run the second year of projects in which five road projects will be completed in the self-managed Chin and Naga areas, he said.
Three schools would also be installed in the Chin state and eight in the self-administered area of Naga, he added.
Myanmar shares a border of about 1600 km with four states in northeastern India, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
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