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Tripura to be connected to all NE capitals by ‘North East Ring Road’ : Modi’s Road network vision to upgrade NE connectivity Internally & Externally, Motor Vehicle Agreement with 5 Nations may extend with more 4 countries
TIWN Sep 28, 2016
Tripura to be connected to all NE capitals by ‘North East Ring Road’ : Modi’s Road network vision to upgrade NE connectivity Internally & Externally, Motor Vehicle Agreement with 5 Nations may extend with more 4 countries
PHOTO : North East India to be connected by NE-Ring-Road. TIWN File Photo.

AGARTALA, Sep 28 (TIWN): NE connectivity summit’s concluding day on Sep 23rd at PragnaBhavan, it was said that although railway, ports, airlines are easing travelling, but the lifeline to business & commerce are the Highways, which are traditionally known as the shortcut common ways for trade.It was also said by experts that the long term potential for Northeastern States to be connected seamlessly via road networks internally as well as externally--------1) Internally among the 8 state capitals through a Northeast Ring Road, and 2) externally with Asian Highway Network. Reaping the maximum benefits out of he Asian Highway Network will require having Motor vehicle Agreement in place with Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand initially, which can be extended subsequently with Cambodia, Lao, Vietnam and Malaysia, which may allow seamless movement of cargo vehicles and passenger vehicles across borders, boosting trade & tourism by manifold.

After successful BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement in 2015, which opened the bus service between Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala, which slashed distance from 1650 to 515 KM now more plans are in action. The bus service also reduced cost as well as travel time significantly.

Cargo truck transit through Bangladesh has completed trail run successfully and also rapid development of protocols for full-scale operationalization of BBIM  MVA is the call of the hour, which may boost trades by many folds due to efficiency.

The Union Govt. has initiated mega road and highway expansion / upgradation, but at the end of the NE Industry Summit held from Sep 21 to Sep 23, it was reported that the overall progress has been very slow & Northeast Ring has still remained just as a concept.

But Tripura being ruled by CPI-M since 23 years, is acting like a rebel to the Prime Minister & his all policies. Whereas due to corruption in PWD the roadways are left in miserable shape in Tripura, but when the Central Govt. is trying to help the state will better connectivity due to non-cooperation it’s not happening in reality.

On the last day of the summit GoutamChintey, Advisor Tourism ,NEC, S Bhattacharjee,  DGM,NEDFI, A K Singh, Member(Tech), NHAI, PinakiChakraborty,NIPFP, SarojAyush,UNESCAP ,Lokranjan ,Principal Secretary, PWD, Tripura Border Roads Organisation ,Dr. Sreejith Narayanan, Vice President, ITNL, Makshudul AM Mondal,IPAG, Dhaka, AnshumanSinha,Principal, A.T. Kearney,AshisBhadra,Senior Transport Specialist, World Bank , Dhaka,AnupamAgarwal,Chairman , Internet Society,  Mostafizur Rahman Sohel,Director, Bangladesh Association of Software and Information services ,IndrajitChatterjee,Technical Director , KPMG,SanjeevRanjan,Additional Secretary &Financial Advisor MORTH,AlokRanjan,Member (Finance)IWAI,Amb Tariq Karim,Advisor, World Bank,MahboobAhmed,Managing Director , Shipwrigth Resonances Ltd, Dhaka,Shruthi Arora, CEO,IL&FS Maritime, AmlanBasu,Penanshin Shipping India Pvt Ltd, Rudi Warjri,former Ambassador of India to Colombia, Nazrul Islam Khan,Director- Biman Bangladesh Airlines, GovindNair,Director, Thumby Aviation pvt .Ltd shared ideas.. 

 

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