New Waterways Route To Connect Tripura With Bangladesh: Biplab Kumar Deb

Agartala:

Leader Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday stated a brand new inland waterways protocol course at the Gomati river would attach Tripura with Daudkandi in Bangladesh and ships would get started ferrying items inside 3 months.

Mr Deb visited the waterways venture website online at Srimantapur in Sonamura subdivision of Sipahijala district on Friday.

“This can be a dream-come-true venture for us. The brand new waterway venture can be operational in 3 months and ships wearing items from Bangladesh would get started transferring,” he informed journalists.

The decrease phase at the Gomati river between Sonamura and Daudkandi in Comilla district of Bangladesh has been nominated as a brand new protocol course and an settlement on this connection used to be signed between India and Bangladesh on Might 20.

“With the beginning of the brand new waterway, Tripura would emerge as a gateway to the north-eastern area. I thank the top ministers of India and Bangladesh for approving the brand new waterway. There is not any doubt that it might spice up the state’s financial system and communique,” Mr Deb stated.

The brand new protocol course between the 2 nations will facilitate carriage of products from the Ashuganj port at the Meghna river in Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh to Sonamura in Sipahijala district of Tripura.

Motion of vessels at the Gomati river for offering waterway connectivity to Tripura can be imaginable simplest after the inclusion of the 60-km stretch between Sonamura and Daudkandi as a part of the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol course, Mr Deb stated.

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