Chhagalnaiya-Srinagar border haat reopens after three years
Traders and customers from Bangladesh and India thronged Chhagalnaiya-Srinagar border haat in Feni today as it resumes after three years of suspension.
Market Managing Committee Chairman and Additional District Magistrate of Feni Abhishek Das and ADM Dhanbabu Rion of Srinagar in India resumed the border haat after exchanging flowers officially.
The country's third border haat was opened in 2015 on the Madhuram border of Chhagalnaiya in Feni and Srinagar in India.
The haat was closed on March 3, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Later, the management committees of the two countries shut it down for an indefinite period.
On April 26, the decision to reopen the border was taken at a meeting of the Bangladesh-India market management committee.
Ataur Rahman, general secretary of Border Haat Traders Association, said with the reopening of border haats, trade and commerce between the two countries will be increased.
Mohammad Shahjahan, a trader said all kinds of Indian cosmetics and fish, dried fish and plastic products from Bangladesh are available at the border haat.
"This year, the authorities concerned have changed some policies and traders have to show their National Identity (NID) cards before entering the haat," said Abhishek.
On the first day of the haat, a total of 434 Bangladeshi traders collected their tickets.
On May 2, a notice, signed by Additional District Magistrate of Feni, Abhishek Das, was issued in this regard.
This year, the managing committee fixed Tk 50 as entry fee from the existing Tk 20. The traders should collect their tickets from Chhagalnaiya Upazila Nirbahi Office one day before the haat.
Chhagalnaiya Upazila Nirbahi officer Moumita Das, said the border haat will remain open from 10 am to 4 pm on every Tuesday.
The authorities allocated 26 shops for each country's traders.
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