• This project would touch upon the life of over 300 million people in states like Bihar, Eastern UP, Nepal, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and, to a lesser extent, the people in Eastern MP, the North Eastern Region, and even Tibet in the future. • The project will effectively have over 75% of India's major
mineral resources in its feeder zone, including almost
84% of India's Coal reserve and over 93% of India's iron ore reserve. The proposed corridor would help in efficient movement of these minerals. • Most of the metal producing centers and many of the thermal
power plants and
cement plants would be effectively supported by the
infrastructure created in the corridor. • The corridor would link up two important
international tourism circuits in India, the
Buddhist circuit in Bihar and the Lake circuit in Odisha. • It would help develop links to
the Chinese economy, which is
de facto emerging as the new regional economic
superpower. Such linkage between India & China, with their likely emergence as the two largest
economies on Earth, would have a beneficial impact on the
economy of the entire region. • The corridor would be a potential trade route between China and India through Nepal. ==See also==