Agartala, May 24 : A team of Parliamentary Standing Committee on border trade is all set to visit five North-eastern States including Assam to review the infrastructure at Land Custom Stations (LCSs) along the international border.
This will be a follow-up action by the Union Government to increase bilateral trade with Bangladesh as well as Myanmar.
They will be arriving here on May 29 to inspect the infrastructure available for promoting export-import in Tripura.
In the recently concluded NEC plenary, DoNER Minister Mani Shankar Aiyer strongly advocated for fresh look at the much-hyped ‘Look East’ policy for overall development of the NE region.
The team headed by Kashiram Rana will visit Akhaura and Srimantapur Land Custom Stations (LCSs) to review the infrastructure. Besides, they will also hold meetings with exporters and officials of Customs to review the latest position of the bilateral trade.
Official sources said, the team would leave the State on May 31.
The visit of the Parliamentary team assumes significance in view of the State Government’s view to improve infrastructure at LCSs inside Bangladesh territory.
In a letter, Tripura Industries and Commence Minister Jitendra Choudhury had earlier requested Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee to pursue with Bangladesh so that infrastructure beyond Indian territory could be enhanced.
Apart from Tripura, the team will also visit West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Manipur to inspect infrastructure available at LCSs.
Sources said, the team would visit Nathu La Pass in Sikkim on May 25 before heading for Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. On May 26, they will visit Guwahati Airport and Amingaon terminal. Apart from this, they will also hold meeting with representatives of exporters, importers and Assam Government officials on May 27.
The Parliamentary team will also inspect the Indo-Myanmar border as well as construction work of a LCS in Manipur.
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