Border trade Centre between India and Bhutan inaugurated in Assam

GUWAHATI: In what is expected to strengthen bilateral trade between Assam and Bhutan, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inaugurated an Indo-Bhutan Border Trade Centre at Darranga in Tamulpur, Baksa District.

Sonowal termed it a red-letter day and said that the trade centre will lead to strengthening of Indo-Bhutan relations.

The trade centre is a spontaneous response of the people of Assam, Sonowal said. The Chief Minister said that the border trade centre is a result of cooperation of the people of the four districts — Baksa, Udalguri, Chirang and Kokrajhar — extended to the state government.


He also said the government has decided to construct 264 km of border roads for the development of four Bodoland districts.

The newly introduced Druk Air flight connecting Paro-Guwahati-Singapore would take India’s relation with ASEAN countries to new heights, Sonowal said. The state government with the active support of the central government would revive the Rupsi Airport in Dhubri and revival work would start from next month, he added.

He said the state government with help of the Centre has initiated various connectivity projects between the north and south banks of both Brahmaputra and Barak rivers, which will give a new lease of life to development of the region.