High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Riva Ganguli Das visited Chattoram yesterday to inspect the construction of the ongoing Feni Bridge known as Maitree Setu which will connect Tripura with Chittagong port of Bangladesh.

The bridge will facilitate carrying of heavy machines and goods to and from the northeastern states and the rest of India via Bangladesh through Chattogram.

It will provide direct road connectivity between South Tripura and Chittagong allowing India to use Chittagong as a “port of call.”  The bridge would be a corridor for trade and commerce between Bangladesh and India’s North-East promoting trade, tourism and people-to-people ties.

The foundation of the bridge was laid in 2015 jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The bridge is being constructed by the National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd of Ministry of Road and Transport highways, govt. of India at a cost of over Rs. 82 crores.

The project is scheduled to be completed by April next year. The High Commissioner was welcomed in Feni by the Upzila Chairman Bishwa Tripura.