TheTripuragovernment has initiated a proposal with the central government seeking funds to set up a multimodal hub on the bank of river Gomati in Udaipur in the southern part of the state to boost trade with Southeast Asia via Bangladesh, said special secretary (transport), Sandeep R Rathod, here on Tuesday.
A multimodal logistics hub is essentially a freight-handling facility to improve the countrys freight logistics sector by lowering overall freight costs and time.
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) already conducted an automated hydrographic survey to ascertain the feasibility of vessel movement on the Sonamura-Daudkandi stretch of the Gomati river was declared international Indo-Bangla Protocol Route in May 2022.