Tripura plan to bring essentials via B’desh during monsoon

Agartala: Tripura govt has been working on an alternative plan to bring fuel and essentials to the state through Bangladesh as both road and railway connectivity through south Assam and Meghalaya hills become unreliable in the monsoon, food and civil supplies minister Susanta Chowdhury said.He added that supply of fuel and other essentials to the state was affected since April 26 due to disruption in rail services owing to a landslip in the hills of south Assam. However, it became normal following track restoration.The state govt is exploring the option to use the Bangladesh route from Benapole instead of Siliguri in West Bengal to bring essentials in case of an emergency. “The Agartala-Gangasagar (Bangladesh) rail tracks are almost ready for goods transportation and once the route is opened, we can bring fuel and goods from Kolkata directly via Bangladesh,” Chowdhury, also holding the transport portfolio, said. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) has been working to build a large fuel depot in Sepahijala district’s Sekerkote for fuel storage. If this facility is created, the state will have enough fuel stock that will prove beneficial in case of any disruption in goods transportation. Chowdhury said, “Tripura has sufficient stock of fuel (1,700 kiloliters of petrol and 2,726 kiloliters of diesel) and also essential food items such as rice, wheat, oil, sugar, salt and pulses ahead of the onset of monsoon scheduled within the next two weeks in the region.”

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