Sittwe, 16 January 03: "Beginning December 17th last year a joint Indo-Burma survey team has been operating in the hills of western part of Burma bordering with India... The area close to the northeastern state of Mizoram is home to Rakhaing, Khami and Chin nationalities...The survey of existing jungle paths by the joint team is part of a plan to construct a connecting road to Rakhine State directly from the northeastern Indian state..".