Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge (Maitri Setu) over the Feni river at Sabroom in south Tripura. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for eight other infrastructure projects together worth ₹ 3,518 crore.
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The bridge ‘Maitri Setu’ has been built over Feni river which flows between Indian boundary in Tripura State and Bangladesh.
The 1.9 Km long bridge joins Sabroom (in Tripura) with Ramgarh (in Bangladesh).
The name ‘Maitri Setu’ symbolises growing bilateral relations and friendly ties between India and Bangladesh.
The construction was taken up by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd at a project cost of Rs 133 crore.
With this bridge, Tripura is set to become the ‘Gateway of North East’ with access to Chittagong Port of Bangladesh, which is just 80 km from Sabroom.
PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for setting up an Integrated Check Post at Sabroom.
