#WATCH: PM Modi & B'desh PM Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate Petrapole Integrated checkpost through video conferencehttps://t.co/MmEQChKsBO — ANI (@ANI_news) July 21, 2016The Petrapole ICP will provide better facilities for effective and efficient discharge of functions such as security, immigration, customs, quarantine, etc. Petrapole-Benapole is an important land border crossing for India-Bangladesh trade as more than 50 percent of the India-Bangladesh trade passes through Petrapole. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, jointly inaugurated the newly-constructed Petrapole Integrated Check Post, the biggest land port in South Asia, through a video-conference. Speaking in the programme, Modi said that, "Inauguration of Petrapole checkpost will not only promote bilateral trade but also help in economic growth of both countries. PM Modi & Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina jointly dedicate Petrapole Integrated checkpost through video conferencing pic.twitter.com/0BFGYw3dTw — ANI (@ANI_news) July 21, 2016Petrapole ICP will be the second ICP on the India-Bangladesh border after the Agartala ICP at the Agartala-Akhaura land borderWith ANI inputs

Source: dna July 21, 2016 12:22 UTC