<p class="title">Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu on Wednesday said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With joint efforts of India and China, a high-speed rail link could be established between the two cities, Zhanwu said at a conference in Kolkata.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It will only take a few hours to reach Kolkata from Kunming if the rail link becomes a reality," he asserted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy also said that Myanmar and Bangladesh would benefit from the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We may have a cluster of industries along the route. That increases the possibility of economic development of countries involved in the 2,800 km-long projects," he maintained.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project had also found mention at the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) meet in Kunming in 2015, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rail route was aimed at boosting trade flow in the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor, Zhanwu said, adding that his country has been striving for the revival of Silk Route to increase connectivity from Kunming to Kolkata.</p>
<p class="title">Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Ma Zhanwu on Wednesday said his country was mooting a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata, traversing through Myanmar and Bangladesh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With joint efforts of India and China, a high-speed rail link could be established between the two cities, Zhanwu said at a conference in Kolkata.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It will only take a few hours to reach Kolkata from Kunming if the rail link becomes a reality," he asserted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The envoy also said that Myanmar and Bangladesh would benefit from the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We may have a cluster of industries along the route. That increases the possibility of economic development of countries involved in the 2,800 km-long projects," he maintained.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project had also found mention at the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) meet in Kunming in 2015, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The rail route was aimed at boosting trade flow in the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) corridor, Zhanwu said, adding that his country has been striving for the revival of Silk Route to increase connectivity from Kunming to Kolkata.</p>