The scheme aimed to benefit the farmers to solve food scarcity by moving away from "jhum cultivation" (slash and burn method of cultivation) to stable farming.
Referring to the under-construction Rs.500 crore Kaladan Multi-Modal Transport Project in adjoining Myanmar involving Kaladan river, Gandhi said both the central and state governments would also give special focus to develop surface connectivity to link the state with the rest of the country.
"Once the Kaladan transport project is over, it would help the land-locked state to directly export products to Kolkata and other parts of the world via Myanmar," the Congress leader added.
