FENI BRIDGE

About:

• Name: Feni Bridge is known as Maitree Setu in Chattogram.
  
  
• Location: The bridge is being built over the Feni River and will connect Tripura with Chittagong port of Bangladesh.
  
  
• Timeline: The foundation of the bridge was laid in 2015 jointly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The project is scheduled to be completed by April next year.
  
  
• Agencies Involved: The bridge is being constructed by the National Highways Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd of Ministry of Road and Transport highways, Government of India.
  
  
• Significance:
  • It is being developed as a corridor for trade and commerce between India's North-East and Bangladesh.
    
    
  • It will provide direct road connectivity between South Tripura and Chittagong allowing India to use Chittagong as a “port of call" and promoting trade, tourism and people-to-people ties.
    
    
  • The bridge will facilitate carrying of heavy machines and goods to and from the north-eastern states and the rest of India via Bangladesh through Chattogram.