By Firstdespatch Desk Aug 12, 2022
Agartala, Aug 12 (FD) The much waited Indo-Bangla Maitri Setu, which connects southernmost town of Tripura with the Chittagong division in Bangladesh and the Integrated Check Post (ICP) there would be opened for the passengers by the end of this year, Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha said on Thursday.
When the Maitri setu was jointly inaugurated by Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina jointly from the respective country capitals virtually on March 8 last year, it could not be made operational for passengers as the ICP was not built.
Saha, who visited the sub-divisional border town in connection with the inauguration of plethora of developmental schemes and constructionworks also said that he will take up with the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the Union Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw for starting an express train from Sabroom.
He inaugurated Tertiary Waste Treatment Centre, built under Swachha Bharat Mission at the cost of Rs 1 crore 49 lakh.
Both biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes can be separated in the waste treatment centre. It also has the facility to turn these wastes into organic fertilizers. The Chief Minister said, this waste treatment centre is the largest Tertiary Waste Treatment Centre in the Northeast.
There should be arrangements of regular health check up for the safai workers associated with the maintenance of this waste treatment centre.
The Chief Minister then inaugurated a passenger shed nearby Sabroom College, built at the cost of Rs 4 lakh Rs 30 thousand.
He then interacted with the students of Michael Madhusudhan Dutta College, Sabroom and enquired about the academics from the students and the teachers of the college. The college students tied rakhi to the Chief Minister on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
The Chief Minister then visited the cricket ground of the college. Then he unveiled the statue of Rishi Aravinda in front of the New Town Hall in Sabroom and paid floral tribute to his statue. Then the Chief Minister visited and enquired about the progress of the construction work from the officials of Integrated Check Post at the banks of River Feni.
The Chief Minister then inaugurated Sabroom sub-division medical officers office and an intensive Covid- 19 treatment centre for children at Sabroom sub-division hospital.
He then handed over land pattas to 20 persons under Mukhyamantri Cha Shramik Prakalp through a programme.
Besides, he also handed over a wheelchair to specially abled college student Reena Das.
MLA Sankar Roy, South District Zilla Sabhadhipati Kakali Das Dutta, Chairperson of Sabroom Nagar Panchayat Rama Poddar Dey, South Tripura District Magistrate Saju Wahid A. and South Tripura District Police Superintendent Dr. Kulwant Singh were present in the programme. FD PD JK