Agartala, Aug 03, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk

Agartala, Aug 03: The much-awaited international flight service between Agartala and Chittagong is going to commence very soon.

Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha chaired a high-level meeting in presence of Transport minister Sushanta Chowdhury to discuss various important matters related to the commencement of international flight service in the proposed route.

The Chief Minister in the meeting said that necessary initiatives were already taken to announce the Maharaja Bir Bikram airport, Agartala as an international airport.

Based on the request from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Chief Minister passed an instruction to the Director General of Police to take initiative for assigning 17 policemen for immigration in the airport. 

He also asked the Transport and Police departments to make necessary arrangements as directed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Chief Secretary J.K. Sinha, who attended the meeting, said the Transport department had taken necessary initiatives for the proposed international flight service. He said, a proposal was already sent to the Ministry of Civil Aviation so that the Agartala airport gets international tag and the proposed service commences soon.

He said that a proposal for setting up immigration check post in the MBB airport was under consideration of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Tripura Police chief Amitabh Ranjan, Secretary of Transport department Uttam Kumar Chakma, Secretary Saradindu Chowdhury, and Transport Commissioner Subrata Chowdhury were also present in the meeting.