Bangladesh, India upgrading land custom stations
Source The Daily Star
Diplomatic Correspondent
Bangladesh and India have started upgrading their land custom stations to integrated check posts with customs and immigration facilities to enhance trade between the two countries.
Bangladesh government has taken up modernisation projects amounting to Tk 246.25 crore for land ports and land custom stations at Benapole, Burimari, Bhomra, Tamabil, Gobrakura/ Koroitola.
Also, the land ports at Sonamasjid, Hilli and Bangla Bandha are being expanded. Land acquisition has been completed for Birol land port and land is being acquired for Bilonia. Bangladesh has also decided to declare Ramgarh (Sabroom) a land port.
India is also in the process to upgrade seven land custom stations to integrated check posts with both customs and immigration
facilities at a cost of Rs 467 crores at Petrapole, Hilli, Changrabandha, Dawki, Sutarkandi, Agartala, and Demagiri.
Works at Agartala and Petrapole are going on and will be complete by October this year and March 2014 respectively, according to a statement from the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
Land is being acquired for the integrated check post at Dawki and is likely to be complete by April 2014, the statement added.
Seven more land custom stations are being upgraded by India. These are Mahadipur, Gojadanga, Fulbari, Dalu, Borosora, Ghasuapara and Srimantapur.
Improvement in border infrastructure to enhance trade between India and Bangladesh was one of the focal points of the discussions during the eighth meeting of the India-Bangladesh joint working group on trade held in New Delhi on June 13-14.
A new land custom station has been proposed by India at Maheshkhola-Bandra Sora on the Meghalaya border. It was also proposed that issues relating to operationalisation of the land custom station at Demagiri-Thegamukh would be examined.
India has proposed 22 new border haat locations along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border. The proposal is being examined by Bangladesh.
India has also proposed four more border haats along Mizoram-Bangladesh border. However, none of these locations were found feasible by Bangladesh due to a lack of habitation nearby.
Bangladesh government has taken up modernisation projects amounting to Tk 246.25 crore for land ports and land custom stations at Benapole, Burimari, Bhomra, Tamabil, Gobrakura/ Koroitola.
Also, the land ports at Sonamasjid, Hilli and Bangla Bandha are being expanded. Land acquisition has been completed for Birol land port and land is being acquired for Bilonia. Bangladesh has also decided to declare Ramgarh (Sabroom) a land port.
India is also in the process to upgrade seven land custom stations to integrated check posts with both customs and immigration
facilities at a cost of Rs 467 crores at Petrapole, Hilli, Changrabandha, Dawki, Sutarkandi, Agartala, and Demagiri.
Works at Agartala and Petrapole are going on and will be complete by October this year and March 2014 respectively, according to a statement from the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
Land is being acquired for the integrated check post at Dawki and is likely to be complete by April 2014, the statement added.
Seven more land custom stations are being upgraded by India. These are Mahadipur, Gojadanga, Fulbari, Dalu, Borosora, Ghasuapara and Srimantapur.
Improvement in border infrastructure to enhance trade between India and Bangladesh was one of the focal points of the discussions during the eighth meeting of the India-Bangladesh joint working group on trade held in New Delhi on June 13-14.
A new land custom station has been proposed by India at Maheshkhola-Bandra Sora on the Meghalaya border. It was also proposed that issues relating to operationalisation of the land custom station at Demagiri-Thegamukh would be examined.
India has proposed 22 new border haat locations along the Meghalaya-Bangladesh border. The proposal is being examined by Bangladesh.
India has also proposed four more border haats along Mizoram-Bangladesh border. However, none of these locations were found feasible by Bangladesh due to a lack of habitation nearby.
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