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Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Bangladesh likely: Minister

Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Bangladesh likely: Minister

2011-01-28 13:50:00
Last Updated: 2011-01-28 14:14:26


Agartala: New Delhi and Dhaka may soon introduce a direct bus service from the capital of Tripura to Kolkata via Bangladesh, a minister said here Friday.

A five-member team of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Friday held a meeting with Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey and other Indian officials to discuss the issue.

'If the direct bus service is introduced between Agartala and Kolkata via Bangladesh, it will greatly benefit people in the mountainous northeastern states,' Dey told said.

'After holding meeting with the Tripura government, the Bangladeshi officials will go to Kolkata to hold similar meetings with West Bengal government officials.'

The Kolkata-Dhaka and Agartala-Dhaka bus services already connect the two countries.

The Kolkata-Dhaka bus service, the first direct surface communication between the two neighbouring countries, was initiated in July 1999 while the Agartala-Dhaka bus service was launched in September 2003.

The northeastern states are surrounded by Bangladesh, Myanmar, Bhutan and China. The only land route accessible to these states from India is through the 'Chicken neck corridor' (or Siliguri corridor in West Bengal) and Assam. But this route passes through hilly terrain with steep roads and multiple hairpin bends making the journey and transportation very difficult, time consuming and expensive.

'The proposed direct bus service with Kolkata via Bangladesh would not only benefit the people of all the seven northeastern states, it would also boost the trade and economy between the region and the neighbouring countries,' the minister said.

---------- Post added at 05:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:28 AM ----------

what next due to the blessings of this munafiq AL :mad:
 
Nothing better can be expected from the ALs. However, Indian people are already transiting through Bangladesh with the introduction of Moitree Express. Indians from calcutta come to Dhaka, change the train, go to Akhaura and cross border there to go to Agartala. Now, it will be a direct bus service. How much money BD will receive by this Delhi-appeasing arrangement? Not a dime, perhaps.
 
Why even bring indian problem into Bangladesh??? Why even use expansive Bangladeshi resource to guard so indians can travel. No bus through Bangladesh, no talk of infiltration through bus route.
 
Why even bring indian problem into Bangladesh??? Why even use expansive Bangladeshi resource to guard so indians can travel. No bus through Bangladesh, no talk of infiltration through bus route.

Its going to be a cold day in hell before the Bus Service takes place without solving all the border issues.
 
This bus service will need strict surveillance to ensure indian terrorist dont use it as an opportunity to infiltrate into Bangladesh!

Are Bus Services needed to infiltrate into a nation that is surrounded on all sides by India & with a porous border ???
 

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