The state minister was speaking on the first day of the two-day Asian Confluence River Festival ‘Nadi 2016’ that began in state capital Shillong. The Indo-Bangladesh Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) has been operational since 1972. “We are also looking at plying of passenger and cruise vessels in these protocol routes,” he said, also referring to the India-Bangladesh river protocols under which transshipment was taking place. The Asian Confluence and the Government of Meghalaya are co-organising the event which is attended by the experts of Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Bhutan. Md Shahriar Alam, speaking at a seminar at Meghalaya on Friday, said an MoU to that end was “in discussion”.

Source: bd News24 July 15, 2016 18:45 UTC