The
second India-Myanmar-Thailand Friendship Motor Rally–IMT 2 successfully completed
its first leg from Guwahati to Bangkok on 3rd December 2017. The rally
was flagged off from Guwahati on 25th November, 2017 with a total of
50 participants including five women, in 20 SUV vehicles. It made night halts
in Kohima and Imphal before being flagged off by Mr. Tharadol Thongruang,
Minister Counsellor (Commercial) of Thailand, for the border town of Moreh. After a hassle free and smooth
facilitation at the Land Border Crossing on the Indian side of the Moreh Tamu
border, the rally proceeded towards Myanmar. In Myanmar the rally passed
through Kalay, Bagan, Mandalay, Yangon and Mawlamyine. The rally then crossed over
to Thailand at the Mae Sot Border on 2nd December and reached
Bangkok on 3rd December, via the old capital Sukhothai.
The
IMT-2 motor rally has been organised by Kalinga Motor sports Club in
collaboration with the team Mahindra Adventure. The Embassies of Myanmar and
Thailand in India and the Indian Embassy in Myanmar and Thailand facilitated
the event while the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of
External Affairs and Land Customs Department, Government of India offered full
support.
The following are links to photographs of the rally:
https://drive.Google.com/open?id=1wqLOcHKtVXs2rIDxN3hybVfUtbZsGZ0H
https://m.Facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1545997248770508&id=100000807431879
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213823683562638&id=1123873040
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213824039131527&id=1123873040
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