Export-import through Benapole resumes after 3 days
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The state of West Bengal has finally allowed goods from Bangladesh through the Benapole Land Port in Jashore in Bangladesh, times after Bangladeshi exporters blocked imports from over the border.
Export and import actions through the Benapole-Petrapole territory slot resumed on Sunday night, after a three-working day disruption found in the wake of a good hit enforced by Bangladeshi dealers.
The trading organisations at the Benapole area port in Bangladesh on July 1 stopped the import of Indian goods protesting against the refusal of Bangladeshi export items on the Indian side, which resulted in a complete standstill there.
Later, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, the Indian Substantial Commission of Dhaka, and the customs officials of Benapole found a good reconciliation through a successful meeting in Sunday noon. Because of this, five trucks having Indian goods entered the united states while five Bangladeshi trucks with export things entered India at night.
The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, A.K. Abdul Momen, said that after a long chat with the state government of West Bengal, the Indo-Bangla trade through the Benapole-Petrapole land slot resumed again.
In a video brief, Momen said, "We, the governments of India and Bangladesh, decided together that we would continue our trade. But all of the sudden our trade was halted as a result of ban imposed by the West Bengal federal government."
He added, "Since March 23, no truck carrying merchandise from our nation has been allowed to enter Bangladesh through the Petrapole-Benapole land interface. Whereas, Bangladeshi products are going to Tripura and other areas of India as regular."
"Simply the West Bengal federal government said that as a result of lockdown, they will not let any pickup truck go to Bangladesh," he mentioned.
Momen said that generally the federal government of West Bengal has ordered that if any Indian vehicle entered Bangladesh, the driver wouldn't normally be permitted to enter the border, and only products will be permitted to cross the border. It was decided that the motorists won't enter Bangladesh, they will just unload their items.
Followed this program, it was seen that the goods needed to be unloaded more than and again, which became quite expensive. Secondly, only 4/5 trucks could possibly be unloaded per day. For this reason, this program was dropped, Momen said.
After an extended discussion, it was decided to take the products by rail.
Source: https://www.outlookindia.com
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