Kalaichar border haat reopens after a year

TURA, Nov 30: The Indo-Bangla Border Haat located in Kalaichar of South West Garo Hills and Baliamari in Kurigram district of Bangladesh has resumed operations on Wednesday after a gap of more than a year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Earlier, the border haat was closed down in March 2020 due to COVID-19 and reopened in January 2021. However, it was soon shut down shortly after in view of second wave of the pandemic. During the reopening of the haat, the administration from the Indian side was represented by Additional Deputy Commissioner, South West Garo Hills, AVD Shira, along with the team of officials from district administration and the district police.
The border residents were visibly excited as they would now be able to resume their business after months of uncertainty and earn a decent livelihood before the start of Christmas festivities.