Agartala: A Bangladeshi ship carrying the consignment of 1,000 MT corrugated iron sheets for Tripura reached Ashuganj river port on Thursday.
Officials stated that the consignment for Tripura has started from Kolkata on June 3 last using waterways for Ashuganj port, which is about 32 Kms from Agartala by road. This is the first commercial transit consignment sent for Tripura using Bangladesh. Anbis Development Ltd, a Bangladeshi operator, hired the ship to carry the goods from Kolkata to Ashuganj, officials stated. (UNI)
As per arrangement, the goods would be unloaded at Ashuganj port and then loaded onto Bangladeshi trucks, which would cross the Indo-Bangla border in Akhaura. The vehicles would travel by road to deliver the consignment to warehouses in India. Under the transit protocol, goods would be carried from Kolkata to Ashuganj through the river route and then from Ashuganj to Agartala, through a land route. The transshipment fee for carrying goods would be 192.25 per MT in Bangladeshi currency, officials here said quoting the director (traffic) of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA). UNI BB AD ADG PR1345
