Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari called on Sri lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday to discuss the construction of a sea bridge and an underwater tunnel linking 22-km stretch between Talaimannar in the island nation and Dhanushkodi in India, official sources said. “Multi-lateral funding agency Asian Development Bank, has already agreed to finance infrastructure projects worth about USD 8 billion for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) region, has also shown keen interest in financing USD 5.19 billion India-Sri lanka proposed project,” a source said. Sources said it was also proposed during the meeting that a Secretary-level meeting along with the representatives of ADB can be held in Sri lanka to discuss the project.