Plea to upgrade Agartala airport

Agartala: The Agartala airport's status has been proposed to be elevated to that of an international one for the North-east's engagement with South East Asia. India operates about 100 flights to Thailand a week, which is proposed to be increased.
Tripura chief minister Mr Manik Sarkar has on behalf of the Northeast states given proposals to the Centre to improve regional trade and communication with South East Asia. In foreign minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee's discussion with North-east chief ministers in New Delhi on the implementation of the Look East Policy yesterday, Mr Sarkar stressed an understanding with Bangladesh in view of the country's strategic location and resource potentials.
Mr Sarkar wanted New Delhi to persuade Dhaka to allow the landlocked North-east to avail of the benefits of the Chittagong port for transshipment of material and the Ashuganj river port near Brahmanbaria to be declared the “port of call”.
01/11/07 The Statesman

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Categories: Airports Nov 2007