The BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar) Car Rally will set out on an epic 3,000-km odyssey from Helipad Ground in the Salt Lake Stadium complex in Kolkata on the 22nd of this month, to Kunming in China.The Rally is being organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on behalf of the Government of India.West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee, will flag off altogether 20 cars – 10 from the Tata Motors stable and 10 made by Hawtai of China – amid cheers and waving from thousands of people, and hopes for a new beginning.Sponsored by Tata Motors, ONGC and Auto car, and supported by the governments of these four countries, the BCIM Car Rally comprising 80 participants India, China, Bangladesh and Myanmar, is being organised and coordinated by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with several government departments, agencies and industrial houses, chipping in with help and assistance.The BCIM region that has a market of 2.8 billion people, and a GDP of $9.3 trillion, as in 2011, (16.3 trillion in PPP$), offers great opportunities for intra-regional cooperation.