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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 5.52 GMT     Back

India approves international rail network project
   
The Indian Union Cabinet has approved the Trans Asian Railway Network (TARN) which envisages to link 27 countries through railway network, Times of India reported yesterday (March 3).

The countries to be linked under the TARN project include India, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, South Korea, Cambodia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal.

The basic aim behind this is to promote tourism, art and culture among these Asian countries.


 

 

 




 
  
 
 
   
   

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