Tripura to study Gomati river stretch for Indo-Bangla waterway project

Agartala: The Tripura government has initiated a process to conduct a field study to operationalise a 54-km stretch on the Gomati river as part of an India-Bangladesh waterway project, an official said Tuesday.

The study will be conducted from Maharani in Gomati district to Sonamura in Sepahijala to identify river areas where dredging will be required to facilitate movement of vessels, state water resource department’s chief engineer Mahitosh Das told PTI.

We have secured an administrative approval of Rs 15 crore. Our engineers have initiated the process to undertake the field study. RITES had prepared a DPR for the Indo-Bangla waterway connecting the Gomati river with the Meghana river in the neighbouring country,” he said.