MAITRI SETU

About:

• The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over Feni river which flows between Indian boundary in Tripura State and Bangladesh.
  
  
• The 1.9 Km long bridge joins Sabroom (in Tripura) with Ramgarh (in Bangladesh).
  
  
• The name ‘Maitri Setu’ symbolises growing bilateral relations and friendly ties between India and Bangladesh.
  
  
• The construction was taken up by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at a project cost of Rs 133 crore.
  
  
• With this bridge, Tripura is set to become the ‘Gateway of North East’ with access to Chittagong Port of Bangladesh, which is just 80 km from Sabroom.
  
  
• PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for setting up an Integrated Check Post at Sabroom.