Sunday, December 30, 2018

Tripura to Kolkata Neval Route via Gomti River Cumilla



Tripura will be connected to the Indian mainland by using the Srimantapur International Port of Sonamura, India. The terminal of river port will be built temporarily at this land port. A high-level delegation of the Central Shipping Ministry took this decision after visiting the proposed river port area on December 2018. It will be expanded if require after launch of the river port.

To understand whether there is a need for digging somewhere in the Gomti River on the Bangladesh side. A technical team of the India’s waterways authority will visit Bangladesh next month. After this, the Gomti River in Tripura will be connected to the inter-domestic waterway protocol. Sonamura will be directly connected to Calcutta using the international waterway of Bangladesh.



Before the start of Agartala National Road the Gomti River was the Life line of Tripura and Asam. The economy of the capital of the state was depended on the Gumti River. After the transfer of the capital, the economy was reducing the importance of the river. It has been found that despite the development of roadways, airways and railways for the last hundred years, the quality of the river Gomti has been completely lost, it is evidently increasing.

The roads, railways and airways that are not always helpful in the economic development of the Tripura state, which are surrounded by three border lines. So, in the meantime, the state government of India has stepped up to run the 100 years old life line of Gomti River again.

Gomati River in Tripura-India:




On October 30, the Secretary of the Central Ship Ministry came to the state tour on the purpose of visit the Queen Barrez. News about his commitment to the port of Gomati river port given by the Minister of Banmandpur land port of Sonamura, published in the North East Caller published on that day and for that the Minister changed his tour schedule. He came to Shimantpur land port at Sonamura with the district magistrate and the subdivision of Sonamura. After visiting the place, he met with the Chief Minister of the state on the way to discuss the issue of river port.



State's Chief Minister Mr. Biplob Kumar Deb said that the State Government received positive response from Union Minister Nitin Gadkari about the matter related to Tripura. The Chief Minister also got a positive response here. The Indian Navy has taken quick steps to implement the project involving the Indian waterways by connecting Tripura by the river. A high-level delegation came to Sonamura, within two months of visiting the Shrimantapur International Port.

Gomti River in Cumilla Bangladesh:











The visiting delegation visited the Gomati River in Shrimantapur International Port area. National Water Resources Department, State Flood Control Department, and the sub-divisional administration discussed the nature and the motion of Gomti.

While finding a land for the construction of a river port terminal, Durgapur has been provided with the main road, but the roadway has been blocked. Later, representatives from Durgapur to Sonamura Agartala proposed a road construction of a one and half kilometer long national standard road to Bhayakankar road. Due to the mosque, madrasa and house, the land of the river port was not found in Srimantpur. Later it was decided that the use of Srimantpur land port will be as intersection: Tripura will be added to the inter-domestic waterway.



The Sonamura river port will be opened with the permission of the customs department to use the wire house here. The head of the high-level delegation of the Central Ship Ministry, said that the Indian side along with Bangladesh has international agreements to use the country's waterways. It includes Guwahati and Karimganj with Kolkata. Now, the discussion involving Tripura Sonamura is with Bangladesh. Next month, a technical team will go to Bangladesh to see how the Gomati River is in the state.

Gomati River - End point with Meghna River at Daudkandi:



If digging is needed, then the government of India will dig it. When the ships are coming to Sonamura? Rabindro Kumar Singh, joint director of the Central Ship Ministry (Internal Waterways) Division, could not say anything correctly. He said the inspection has just begun. Need to see the course of the river. The two countries will made a contract. Then Tripura will be connected with the Indian inter-domestic waterway.

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