India developing ₹22,900cr highway in response to B'desh's 'landlocked' remark: Official
The proposed high-speed four-lane highway from Shillong to Silchar is a response to Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus' remark in China that called India's north-east "landlocked", a senior government official told The Indian Express. The ₹22,864 crore project will link North-East states and Kolkata via sea. Indian leaders had slammed Yunus' remarks as "offensive".