Recently, the Prime Minister inaugurated various road projects in Tripura; project for 1.46 lakh rural functional household tap connections; and Land Port at Sabroom in South Tripura district constructed at a cost of about Rs 230 crore.
- The newly developed Sabroom Land Port is located along the international border between India and Bangladesh.
- The land port will provide facilities like the Passenger Terminal Building, Cargo Administrative Building, Warehouse, fire station building, electrical substation, pump house, etc.
- It will facilitate the movement of passengers and cargo between Indian and Bangladesh as through the new port one can move directly to Chittagong port of Bangladesh which is 75 Kms away as opposed to moving to Kolkata/Haldia Port in West Bengal which is about 1700 Kms away.
- The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Sabroom Land Port in March 2021.