India to ask for use of Ctg port

India is likely to urge Bangladesh to allow it to use the Chittagong port for transportation of food grains to its Northeastern states. The Indian food ministry has asked the External affairs ministry to take up the issue with its counterpart in Bangladesh. Recently Bangladesh had agreed to allow its neighbours to use the Chittagong sea port which will not only earn foreign currency for Bangladesh but also help its neighbour India in quicker transportation of food grain from Punjab, Haryana or Andhra Pradesh to its landlocked north-eastern states and reduce cost and time of transportation. Chittagong is located just 75 km from Tripura southern most bordering town Sabroom which is separated by river Feni and around 250 km away from Belonia which is connected by road. On a land route, the distance between Kolkata and Agartala would be around 1,600 km, which is reduced to few hundred kilometres if one takes Bangladesh route, according to bdnews24.com