ANNEXURE TRANSPORTATION WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES S. Name of the the details of inter-country bus, the details of pending proposals with No. country trains and shipping services the Ministry for increasing maintained by India with frequency of existing services or to neighbouring countries start services on new routes: (b) (a) 1 Bhutan Nil Nil 2 Nepal Bus: Regular bus services are in Proposals for following new routes operation on the following routes :- have been sent to Government of a) Kathmandu-Delhi Nepal:- b) Kathmandu-Varanasi (i) Dehradun-Mahendranagar c) Mahendranagar – Delhi and (ii) Kathmandu-Patna- d) Pokhara-Delhi Bodhgaya (iii) Janakpur-Patna Trains: Train services between The modalities for operationalizing Kolkata / Haldia ports (in India) the above mentioned bus services and Birgunj (in Nepal) for transit are being discussed with traffic and between stations of Government of Nepal. Indian Railways and Birgunj (in Nepal) for bilateral traffic are in operation. Shipping: Nil 3 Bangladesh Bus - There are following direct Bus – A new bus service is under bus services between India and consideration between Khulna Bangladesh:- (Bangladesh) - Kolkata (India) (i) Dhaka-Kolkata (ii) Dhaka-Agartala (iii) Guwahati – Shillong - Dhaka (iv) Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala Trains - At present there are 3 Trains – Three more rail links are operational inter-country rail links proposed to be reopened between (broad gauge):- India and Bangladesh:- (i) Radhikapur (India) – Birol (I) Petrapole (India)-Benapole (Bangladesh) (Bangladesh) (ii) Karimganj/Mahisanan (India) – (ii) Gede (India) – Darsana Shahbazpur (Bangladesh) (Bangladesh) (iii) Haldibari (India) – Chilahati (iii) Singhabad (India) – Rohanpur (Bangladesh) (Bangladesh) Shipping – The Protocol on Inland New rail link is to be opened Water, Trade and Transit (PIWTT) between Akhaura (Bangladesh) – between India and Bangladesh Agartala (India) permits movement of goods over barges/vessels through the river system of Bangladesh on eight specific routes between India and Bangladesh. 4 Myanmar Bus: Nil Bus: Launch of a new bus service between Imphal and Mandlay has been discussed with the Government of Myanmar Trains: Nil Shipping: Shipping Corporation of India started India-Myanmar Shipping Service on October 02, 2014 5 China Nil Nil 6 Pakistan Bus: Bus: i) Delhi – Lahore via Attari – India has proposed following Wagah border in Punjab additional bus routes under cross ii) Amritsar – Lahore via LoC Confidence Building Measure Attari – Wagah border in Punjab (CBM) to Pakistan: iii) Poonch – Rawalakot travel i) Jammu – Sialkote and trade points across Line of ii) Gurez-Astoor-Gilgit Control in Jammu & Kashmir iii) Kargil – Skardu iv) Uri – Muzaffarabad travel Pakistan’s response is awaited. and trade points across Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir Trains: i) Samjhauta Express train service between Delhi – Lahore via Attari – Wagah border ii) Passenger train between Jodhpur and Karachi via Munabao and Khokhrapar crossing Shipping: Mumbai – Karachi 7 Maldives Nil Nil 8 Sri Lanka Nil Nil ***** .