Bus services to operate between Mizoram and Myanmar

21 June 2019
Bus services to operate between Mizoram and Myanmar
Tahan in Kalaymyo, Myanmar. Photo: Khaipi/Flickr

India has promised to take measures for the operation of buses between Mizoram and Myanmar, state transport minister TJ Lalnuntluanga informed the Assembly on Wednesday, Eastmojo reported.

Replying to a query from V L Zaithanzama of opposition Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM), Lalnuntluanga said the state government has proposed to introduce a bus service to connect Champhai town with Tahan in Myanmar.

He said that the state government has approached the Union ministry of external affairs over the matter. Accordingly, the ministry has conveyed its willingness to take measures so that bus service could be launched between the two countries in a short period from now.