AGARTALA: The district heads and border customs of India and Bangladesh are going to meet on coming Tuesday to increase cooperation for curbing border smuggling and to increase trade between the northeastern states and Bangladesh.
District magistrates and other officials of Tripura’s six districts will meet the deputy commissioners of four Bangladesh districts Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss and finalise strategies to deal with border smuggling, fencing and better coordination between the district administrations on both sides.
“Besides border smugglings and bordering problems, the two-day meeting would also discuss the problems relating to trading between the northeastern states and Bangladesh,” said Abhishek Singh, district magistrate and collector of West Tripura district.
He said: “Such district magistrate level meetings would help both India and Bangladesh to resolve pending problems and petty issues quickly.”
District magistrates of Tripura’s West Tripura, Unokoti, North Tripura, Khowai, Dhalai and Sepahijala, while deputy commissioners of Bangladesh’s Brahmanbaria, Moulavi Bazar, Rangamati and Habiganj would take part the meet.
India and Bangladesh governments had decided to hold district magistrate-level meetings to resolve various issues.
District magistrates and other officials of Tripura’s four districts – Sipahijala, Gomti, South Tripura and Dhalai – met in Agartala Jan 9-10 with the deputy commissioners of Bangladesh’s five districts of Comilla, Feni, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Chittagong.
District magistrates and other officials of Mizoram’s two districts – Mamit and Lunglei – met the deputy commissioners of Bangladesh’s districts of Rangamati and Bandarban (under Chittagong division), in Mamit Jan 22.
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