What is it about?
This article critically examines the potential socio-economic benefits and risks of an envisaged land bridge between Talaimannar (northwestern Sri Lanka) and Rameswaram (southeastern Tamil Nadu). Both these peripheral towns are economically lagging regions in their respective country and state. Cross-border economic corridors have become vogue in development discourses around the world, both developed and developing countries.
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Why is it important?
Even after 14 years of post-civil war economic development efforts between 2009 and 2023, the northern region of Sri Lanka (encompassing the northern, north-central, and eastern provinces) continues to be the most marginalised contiguous territory within Sri Lanka, accounting for roughly 45% of the total landmass of Sri Lanka. Whereas the Tamil Nadu state in southern India is the second most industrialised state in India and the second largest contributor to the Indian economy after Maharashtra state. Hence, there is tremendous scope for the lagging regions of Sri Lanka to tap the surging economy of peninsular India for its own economic emancipation.
Perspectives
This publication has been a long time coming. One of the authors started research on this subject in 2003, but the publication came into fruition only in 2023 after several rounds of data updates and refinements of arguments.
Dr Muttukrishna Sarvananthan
Point Pedro Institute of Development
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This page is a summary of: Economic Rationale for the Proposed Bridge Between India and Sri Lanka: An Analytical Perspective, Strategic Analysis, March 2023, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2023.2180703.
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