Get ready to travel on the bridge on river Kwai

Remember the 1957-made famous second world war movie The Bridge on the River Kwai? Made by David Lean based on the novel by French writer Pierre Boulle, the movie portrayed the heights of engineering feats and unbelievable cruelty of men towards fellow beings. Read enemies. Now that 150-mile section rail track, which is also notoriously known as Death Railway, will be revived to restore trade between Myanmar and Thailand and also to boost tourism.[caption id=“attachment_323576” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“A general view of the Bridge on the River Kwai during a light-and-sound show in Kanchanaburi. Reuters “] [/caption] Connecting Bangkok and Rangoon, the 424-km railway was built by tens of thousands Asian and Alleid prisoners in inhuman conditions through dense jungles and mountains, the Mizzima News reported . “Of these, around 90,000 Asian labourers and 16,000 Allied POWs died as a direct result of the project, according to some historians. The dead POWs included 6,318 British personnel, 2,815 Australians, 2,490 Dutch, about 356 Americans and a smaller number of Canadians and New Zealanders,” the Mizzima News reported . Myanmar’s railway minister Aung Min said the restored section will run from Myanmar’s Three Pagodas Pass to Thailand. “The railway could be expected to attract great interest of Western tourists and others and provide a much-needed economic boost for the impoverished area, which is home to Burma’s Karen ethnic group. Karen rebels signed a cease-fire with the government in January, a major breakthrough towards ending the long-running insurgency,” the Mizzima News said .