Trade worth around $5 billion takes place at Petrapole, which is more than all the other Indian land ports and land customs stations put together. After Petrapole, the next land customs station to be upgraded will be Dawki in Meghalaya, where land acquisition for the project has been completed. The High Commission of India says it will also be the biggest land port in South Asia. Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi opened the new ‘Petrapole Integrated Check Post’ (ICP) through a video call on Thursday. The integrated post is aimed at eliminating infrastructural bottlenecks to achieve “effective and efficient” security, immigration, customs, and quarantine functions.

Source: bd News24 July 21, 2016 13:51 UTC