* West Bengal - Kolkata, Dhaka, Agartala cargo transport trial run flagged off
-- A trial run of cargo transport between Kolkata and Agartala through Dhaka, reducing the distance by nearly two-thirds, was flagged off today as part of the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional initiative for uninterrupted cargo movement... The BBIN Motor Vehicles Agreement would mean that there would not be any requirement of transshipment of cargo at international borders between the countries and vehicles of each country would run uninterrupted through these countries through designated corridors...
(Photo by Ashoke Chakrabarty - The trial-cum-pilot run of the cargo vehicle on the Kolkata-Dhaka- Agartala route being flagged off in Kolkata on Sunday. Vijay Chhibber, Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Principal Secretary, Transport Department, West Bengal, and other dignitaries were present) -- Kolkata, WB, India - PTI/The Economic Times - 1 Nov, 2015
** India to sign Motor Transport Agreement with Myanmar, Thailand
-- India is set to sign a motor transport agreement with Myanmar and Thailand for seamless movement of cargo among these countries next year... Union Road Transport and Highways Secretary, Vijay Chhibber, talk after flagging off the trial-run of a cargo vehicle under the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) this it's a sub-regional initiative for uninterrupted cargo movement... The signing of the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) agreement on the lines of the BBIN initiative, which will throw open seamless movement of cargo, passenger and private vehicles would give a huge boost to economic activities among these countries in the region...
New Delhi, NB, India - The Northeast Today - November 02, 2015Labels: cargo transport, union agreements
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