Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the third India-Bangladesh border haat at Kamalpur in Dhalai district of the state and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Tripura Industry and Commerce minister Manoj Kanti Deb, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, and Bangladesh MP Md. Abdus Shahid were present in the function.
At present, two border haats - Srinagar in South Tripura district and Kamalasagar in Sepahijala district are operational in Tripura's international border with Bangladesh.
The Chief Minister said that the project would further boost trade relations between the two countries. “This would also strengthen the cultural and emotional ties between India and Bangladesh,” Deb said.
He said, “The cultural and trade ties between India and Bangladesh began under the leadership of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and these are now furthered by his “worthy daughter Sheikh Hasina”.
Taking to twitter later today, Deb wrote, “We have presented a proposal to make border haat at 8 places. Two of these border haat are operational already and two more have been approved. Kamalpur border haat will be inaugurated this year and foundation stone of Dharmanagar border haat will also be laid soon”.
In a separate tweet, Deb said Tripura is steadily marching ahead on the path of development and said work of the border haat would be done at maximum speed and it would be inaugurated shortly.
The border haat would spread over 75-square metre each from India and Bangladesh sides and will have a sitting arrangement for 100 vendors of both sides. Rs 3.50 crore Detailed Project Report (DPR) has already been prepared for executing the border haat which will be a big boost for bilateral trade between the two countries.
Earlier in February 2020, India and Bangladesh authorities jointly identified locations for three additional border haats along the Tripura-Bangla frontiers at a joint DM-DC level meeting. The proposed locations at Paharmura of Khowai district, Jagarampur of Sepahijala and Bamutia of West Tripura district were submitted to respective higher authorities for the final call.
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