Published on: July 12, 2019 12:37 PM
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Minister of State for Shipping (Independent Charge) and Chemical and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya will flag off an inland waterways vessel containing cargo from Bhutan to Bangladesh via Brahmaputra River and the Indo-Bangla Protocol Route.
This is a first of its kind movement where an Indian inland waterway is being used for connecting two countries - landlocked Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Thousand metric tons of crushed stone aggregates will sail on Inland Waterways Authority of India's (IWAI) vessel MV AAI from Dhubri port in Assam to Narayanganj in Bangladesh via India's National Waterway 2 and the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route.
The stone aggregates were transported by trucks from Phuentsholing in Bhutan which is located at a distance of 160 kilometers from IWAI's Dhubri jetty in Assam.
Bhutan has been exporting a significant quantity of stone aggregates through the land route for different construction projects in Bangladesh.
The exports through Inland Waterways mode will serve as an alternate mode of transportation which is cheaper and more environment-friendly. It also offers a larger shipment size as compared to roads, avoiding congestion on land routes.
About Bhutan
Capital- Thimphu
Currency- Bhutanese ngultrum
Prime Minister- Lotay Tshering
About Bangladesh
Capital- Dhaka
Currency- Bangladeshi taka
President- Abdul Hamid
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