"The historic Ledo Road, more popularly known as the Stilwell Road, was constructed by the Allied forces during the Second World War as an alternative for the Burma Road on the China-Burma-India theatre, to supply the forces fighting against the Japanese. The road which is 1,736 kilometres long, starts from Ledo in Assam and passes through Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India to enter Myanmar through the Pangsau Pass ultimately ending at Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province in Southwest China...The issue of opening the Ledo Road has been brought up time and again by both India and Myanmar, so much so that it has become an annual ritual, but each time it has remained a diplomatic non-starter. New Delhi should see this as an opportunity to strengthen its engagement with Myanmar in the larger strategic and economic perspective and make adequate use of the Ledo Road..."