According to the official statement, as soon as the matter came to the notice of the Chief Minister, he stopped the convoy and took the injured woman- Biswalakshmi Debbarma to Bishramganj Community Health Centre.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday inaugurated the Primary Health Care (PHC) building in Dharmanagar in North Tripura.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday inaugurated the Farmers Knowledge Centre at Chebri in the Khowai district.

"As part of our continuous efforts to strengthen school infrastructure at every corner of the state, today inaugurated the new building of Asgar Rahmanpur High School in South Tripura", Manik Saha said in a tweet adding that, "The present state govt is sincere towards developing the education system".

Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 15 (ANI): The Tripura unit of Border Security Force (BSF) in its 'Special Operations', foiled another trans-border smuggling attempt across the India-Bangladesh International Border and seized items worth more than Rs 2.29 crores and arrested two smugglers, informed BSF on Sunday.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], April 18 (ANI): A 45-years old woman was attacked by a wild bear in the Laxmicherra area under Tripura's South District, leaving her grievously injured.

Agartala Mar 26 PTI A new airport would be coming up at Kailashahar the headquarters of Unakoti district in Tripura to boost air connectivity Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said on SaturdayThe state government will provide 500 acres of land in Hiracherra tea estate to build the new airport at Kailashahar about 140 km from here at an estimated cost of Rs 500 to Rs 700 crore he saidDeb was speaking at a programme of the Indian Medical Association IMA hereA Memorandum of Understanding will be signed with the Central government to hand over land for the new airport in place of the abandoned airport the chief minister saidOnce the land is transferred Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give another airport to the people of the state he said The area of the abandoned Kailashahar airport is very small and there is hardly any scope for expansion of the runway and other facilities Deb saidThe old airport located near the Indo-Bangla border has been shut down since the early 90s on account of a lack of adequate passengersHighlighting the development in air connectivity in the state over the past four years the chief minister said there was a time when people had to stay overnight in Kolkata to reach DelhiBut the scenario has completely changed now as one can reach Delhi within two hours and 20 minutes Tripura is connected by air with big cities like Bangalore Hyderabad Chennai Kolkata apart from Guwahati and Imphal he saidDeb also mentioned the states strategic location with Bangladesh and other Southeast Asian nationsPointing out that Sabroom will become a prominent industrial belt in the future the chief minister said with Maitri Setu friendship bridge constructed over river Feni between Sabroom in South Tripura district and Ramgarh in Bangladesh a Special Economic Zone all set to be created and an Integrated Check Post to be set up in the border town one can easily imagine how much the trade volume will become at Sabroom in the days to comeDeb added the state has witnessed a major change as far as connectivity is concerned be it rail national highways waterways or airwaysThe Ministry of Shipping has already sanctioned Rs 25 crore for setting up 10 jetties from Udaipur to Sonamura and undertaking dredging in the river Gomati to operationalise the Indo-Bangla waterway project he said PTI PS MM MM

Agartala Mar 26PTI The Integrated Check Post ICP a strategic project aimed at facilitating seamless trade and peoples movement with Bangladesh in South Tripuras Sabroom would be put in place by end of this year an official of Land Ports Authority of India LPAI said on SaturdayThe Centre has already sanctioned Rs 250 crore to build the ICP to pave the way for trade and immigration with Bangladesh through Maitri SetuAn amount of Rs 91 crore has also been paid to the landowners for the acquisition of 50 acres of land near Maitri Setu and civil works are going on in full swing at present he saidAs part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav we have set a target of completing the ICP work as much as possible by the end of this year And we are working in this direction the LPAI official saidThe ICP is considered a key project to make Sabroom a border town of South Tripura district a logistic hub for the Northeast region by using Chittagong port in BangladeshAt present Haldia port in West Bengal is the only option to bring logistics from outside the region which escalates freight expenseThough Maitri Setu was inaugurated one and half years ago trade has not yet begun because a Land Custom Station LCS was not set up on the other side of river Feni in BangladeshAt present two ICPs are functioning in Tripura one at Akhaura Agartala and the other at Sonamura in Sepahijala districtOne more ICP at Nischintapur the corridor of the Indo-Bangla railway project in West Tripura district is under consideration of the Centre the official saidNishchintapur rail yard also needs to have an ICP to handle citizens for both sides and goods to be transported through the point he added PTI PS MM MM

Agartala Mar 24 PTI Three more border haats will be set up in Tripura to boost bilateral trade with Bangladesh at the local level state Industries and Commerce Minister Manoj Kanti Deb informed the assembly on ThursdayThe foundation stone for one such haat has been laid at Kamalpur-Kurmhaghat border in Dhalai district he said while replying to a written question by CPI M MLA Nirmal BiswasThe foundation stone for another haat at Raghna-Paulbasti border in North Tripura district will soon be laid while the third such haat at Belcherra-Nalua Tea Estate border in Khowai district is being planned Deb saidThe Khowai district administration has been asked to finalise a location for setting up the border haat he saidTwo border haats one at Kamalasagar in Sepahijala district and another at Srinagar in South Tripura district are operational in the northeastern stateBoth were shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic The local administrations however have been asked to review the coronavirus situation and open the border haats by convening a joint meeting with the Bangladesh authoritiesBorder haats are aimed at facilitating businesses in the immediate vicinity of the international border People residing within 2 km of the border are eligible to buy and sell products in the border haats PTI PS ACD ACD

Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 23 (ANI): Survey for several railway projects in Tripura including the second Indo-Bangla railway link through the Belonia sub-division of the South Tripura district have been completed by the officials.