TIWN
AGARTALA, May 17 (TIWN): Food grains from mainstream India will arrive in Tripura across internal water system of Bangladesh, said Dr. Debasish Basu, Director of Food and Civil Supplies.Talking to TIWN today, he said that the Bangladesh government has permitted transportation of 10,000 MT food grains to Tripura through Ashuganj river port on river Meghna in Comilla district of Bangladesh. “The barge containing the food grains will sail from Haldia port in West Bengal for Ashuganj port in fifteen days. The food grains to be unloaded at Ashuganj river port will arrive in Tripura on trucks by road, “says Dr. Basu.
He also informed that Tripura government has approached the union ministry of external affairs to take up the matter with Bangladesh for transportation of 35,000MT of food grains every month through riverine transport across Bangladesh.
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