Our Correspondent Kohima | November 21 Around 80 rallysts of India, Myanmar, Thailand friendship motor rally 2016 reached the state capital Kohima this evening from Assam. Parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu and other government officials welcomed the team this evening on their arrival at the Kohima Local Ground. Meanwhile, Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang will flag off the rally at Khouciezhie (Local Ground) Kohima on November 22 at 7:45 AM. Mentionably, this friendship motor rally started from India Gate lawns in Delhi to Bangkok. It was flagged off by Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical Fertilizers Mansukh Lal Mandaviya on November 13 last. The objective of the rally is to improve connectivity by road in the South-East Asian region and to sensitize the stakeholders of India Myanmar and Thailand Motor Vehicle Agreement regarding potential benefits of such a regulatory regime. The basic purpose of this rally would be to sensitize people about the fact that an all weather road , connecting New Delhi and Bangkok would soon be operational . With the opening of Trilateral highway, it would become a reality to travel from New Delhi to Bangkok by road. The rally caravan will cover a distance of 5,722 KMs along the IMT Trilateral Highway with about 80 participants from all the three countries, in 20 Indian made vehicles on a journey from Delhi to Bangkok over 19 days. Ceremonial flag off will also be held in other cities and state capitals enroute like Sarnath, Bodhgaya, Patna, Siliguri, Guwahati, Shillong, Kohima and Imphal and Began and Yangoon in Myanmar and Bangkok in Thailand. The rally that will conclude at Bangkok on December 2, will further cement cultural and economic ties among the three nations and highlight the potential benefits of connectivity and integration in the region and in keeping with India's focus on its close neighbourhood.