SECOND ADDENDUM ON PROTOCOL ON INLAND WATER TRANSIT AND TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND BANGLADESH, 2020

May 24, 2020

To boost trade, economic activity and connectivity, India and Bangladesh have added five more "ports of call" on either side and increased the protocol (water) routes from 8 to 10.

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This was done with the signing of the Second Addendum to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade by India and Bangladesh.
Inclusion of Sonamura- Daudkhandi stretch of ‘Gumti river’ (93 Km) as IBP route No. 9 & 10 in the Protocol will improve the connectivity of Tripura and adjoining States with Indian and Bangladesh`s economic centres.
Presently, there are six "ports of call" each in India and Bangladesh. Five more Ports of Call and two more extended Ports of Call have been added, increasing the number to eleven Ports of Call and two extended Ports of Call in each country.
The new five "ports of call" on the Indian side are Dhulian, Maia, Kolaghat, Sonamura and Jogigopha and on the Bangladesh side Rajshahi, Sultanganj, Chilmari, Daudkandi and Bahadurabad.

Source : PIB