Tripura: Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat expected to reopen by end of July
The Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat located in the Sepahijala district of Tripura is expected to reopen by the end of next month which was shut during the Covid-19 pandemic. Border haats are weekly markets along the India-Bangladesh border where vendors from both countries sell their products.
In Tripura, there are two border haats which are the Srinagar border haat situated in the South district of Tripura, and the Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat located in the Sepahijala district.
Speaking on the issue SDM Bishalgarh Binay Bhushan Das said that on July 15 officials from both countries have conducted an assessment of the Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat market. Representatives from Bangladesh, including Kasba Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) Mohammad Amimul Ehsan Khan, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Sanjib Sarkar, Upazila Engineer Md Saiful Islam, and from Tripura, Engineers A Debnath, Sabyasachi Debnath, Bishalgarh BDO Anurag Sen, Engineer Arindam Bhattacharya, Manjit Das, and BSF Company Commander Surender Singh were present during the evaluation. The team examined the damages of the Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat infrastructure. A meeting would be held soon to discuss the findings and the Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat is likely to be reopened by the end of July, stated SDM Binay Bhushan Das.
