Agartala, April 24 (TIWN):The construction of second border haat ( market) at Kamalasagar and Land Custom Station (LCS) at Srimanthapur in Sepahahijala district is complete, likey to be inaugurated first week of June an offical said.

Talking to reporters at  M. Nagaraju secretary, Industry and Commerce at civil secretariat on Thursday said Government  of India was intimated about the completion of both projects do the necessary  for inaugurating both the projects.

It is mentionable here that  Kamalasagar border haat  will be the second  near the Indo-Bangla international border at  Srinagar in South Tripura district. The cost of construction of the Kamalasagar haat, 28 km from here, on 150 X150 sq meters spread over two sides of the border would be Rs 2.44 crore  is borne by the Indian Ministry of Commerce. 
Altogether four border haats would be constructed in Tripura,  two others are at Kamalpur in Dhalai district and Dharmanagar in North Tripura district. 
These markets are set up at the zero line of the international border with one part on the Indian side and the other in Bangladesh. The first border haat was set up in 2012 at Kalaichar in West Garo hills of Meghalaya. 
Business in the market (haat) would take place once a week among the people living within 5 km radius of the border who would sell and buy locally produced goods and crops. No local taxes would be imposed on the items to be sold in the haats and currencies of both the countries would prevail. 
Initially 16 items were short listed which include agricultural and horticultural crops, spices, minor forest products excluding timber, fish and dry fish, dairy and poultry products, cottage industry items, wooden furniture, handloom and handicraft items etc.