Rs. 24 cr sanctioned for dredging of Gomati river, work started: Tripura ex-CM
Agartala, Jul 19, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk
Agartala, July 19: The centre has sanctioned fund of Rs. 24 crore for dredging of the Gomati river, according to former Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb.
The update came in a social media post from Deb, who met Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways in the national capital on Tuesday,
According to Deb, the fund has been sanctioned for smooth waterways transportation from Bangladesh's Cumilla to Tripura and the work has already commenced.
The former Chief Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Sarbanand Sonwal for sanctioning the fund.
Meanwhile, as part of his Delhi visit, Deb also met the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju and held productive discussions on various topics.
“Happy to have met energetic and hardworking Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri Kiren Rijiju Ji at New Delhi. Our talks were wide-ranging and productive,” Deb wrote in a Facebook post along with the photos of his meeting with the Union Minister.