India’s projects on connectivity UPSC PRELIMS 2023

With reference to India’s projects on connectivity, consider the following statements :

1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat.
2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar.
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China.

        How many of the above statements are correct?

        (a)   Only one

        (b)   Only two

        (c)   All three

        (d)   None

ANS. .D

·         Statement I incorrect: The East-West corridor of the Golden Quadrilateral connects Silchar and Porbandar cities in India.

·         Statement II incorrect Trilateral Highway under construction will connect Moreh with Mae Sot in Thailand via Mandalay in Myanmar.

·         Statement III incorrect: BCIM economic corridor aims to connect Kolkata with Kunming, capital of the Yunnan provinc