Eastern Economic Corridor (India)

The proposed Eastern Economic corridor of India ^[1] would originate from Paradip port in Odisha province, pass through Jharkhand province, could possibly have an auxiliary loop through Chhattisgarh province, and would terminate at ICP Raxaul^[2] in Bihar province on the India-Nepal border. This corridor would also link up with North South Fast Track Corridor of Nepal. Beyond Nepal, it would be linked to China through Tibet. A portion of this corridor in Bihar lies along Asian Highway 42 and the Trans Asian Rail Network.^[3]

The route of this proposed Economic Corridor Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine would follow a north–south alignment, with a number of major road and rail routes forming its spurs. Spurs would connect to a trunk route, following a fishbone configuration.

• This project would touch upon the life of over 300 million people in states like Bihar, Eastern UP, Nepal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and, to a lesser extent, the people in Eastern MP, the North Eastern Region, and even Tibet in the future.
• The project will effectively have over 75% of India's major mineral resources in its feeder zone, including almost 84% of India's Coal reserve and over 93% of India's iron ore reserve. The proposed corridor would help in efficient movement of these minerals.
• Most of the metal producing centers and many of the thermal power plants and cement plants would be effectively supported by the infrastructure created in the corridor.
• The corridor would link up two important international tourism circuits in India,^[4] the Buddhist circuit in Bihar^[5] and the Lake circuit in Odisha.^[6]
• It would help develop links to the Chinese economy, which is de facto emerging as the new regional economic superpower. Such linkage between India & China, with their likely emergence as the two largest economies on Earth, would have a beneficial impact on the economy of the entire region.
• The corridor would be a potential trade route between China and India through Nepal.

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