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'Robert Atwell Way' full name added
*'''Aeng Pass Route''' In 1892-93 the route from [[Chittagong]], along the Arakan Coast and over the Aeng Pass into [[Burma]] was examined. A detailed survey found the Aeng Pass Route had been under estimated and that a line by this route would be exceedingly costly. There were also strong military objections to this route.
Three other routes were surveyed by [[R A Robert Atwell Way]], a British Engineer appointed by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]), he reported in 1896:-
*'''Coast Route''' Chittagong on the Assam-Bengal Railway along the Arakan coast and over the An Pass to the Chindwin river in Burma;
