AGARTALA, Nov 27 (TIWN): The cross-border four nation car trial run through Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) has launched its run from Bhuwaneshwar on 15 November is all set to enter Agartala on Friday.

State administration has already geared up for the welcome of the BBIN car rally which is scheduled to reach Tripura on Nov 27. However, Chief Secretary Yash Pal Singh to hoist a welcome meet to successfully welcome the BBIN car rally at Agartala.

However, 85 small cars will enter Agartala on Friday evening and will stay at state guest house for the night. The sources confirmed that CS YP singh will also hoist a welcome meet with the people arriving to the state as a part of the rally.

To highlight the sub-regional connectivity and the scope and opportunities for greater people-to-people contact and trade, a BBIN Friendship Motor Rally is launched from Nov 15. It was decided by the Transport Ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. This car rally will not only highlight advantages of connectivity in the region, but also help and demonstrate the practical framework of BBIN Agreement to facilitate cross border movement of vehicles.

BBIN Friendship Motor Rally will enter Bangladesh through Biluniya border in Feni on November 28. The motor rally was inaugurated in Bhubaneswar on November 14 and started its journey on November 15 after the end of flagging off.

The rally has crossed through Gangtok city of Sikim in India. From Sikim, the rally went to Bhutan, Fuentsoling on November 21, Thimpu on November21-22, Mongar on November 24 and later it entered Gauhati in Assam from Bhutan on November 25. However, Via Shilchar in Assam, the rally will enter Agartala on November 27.

From Agartala, the rally will enter Bangladesh through Belonia on November 28. Later it will stay in Chittagong. From Chittagong, the rally will start its journey for Dhaka on November 29.

From Chattagram the rally will end at Kolkata on December 2 via Benapole border.  

When the regular cargo movement will start between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, huge economic benefits would accrue to the people of the participating countries in this sub-regional initiative.

The BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement aims to ensure that goods laden vehicles of each country ply uninterrupted through designated corridors.
The cargo transportation initiative would reduce the distance between Kolkata and Agartala by nearly two thirds - from 1,550 kms to 640 km.

The BBIN motor vehicles agreement was signed on June 15 in Bhutan's capital Thimphu.