CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Trans-shipment of goods to Northeastern States of India through Ashuganj river port and further through Akhaura-Agartala by road commenced in June 2016 under the PIWTT.

Detailed explanation-2: -India has an International Container Transhipment Terminal at Kochi in Kerala but it has not taken off as expected, Mehra said adding that its scale is much lower than the proposed port in the Nicobar Islands. The natural depth available at Galathea Bay will be 20 meters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Petrapole Land Port at a Glance The largest land Port in South Asia, Land port Petrapole is located along the international border between India and Bangladesh, at a distance of about 80 kms from the city of Kolkata.

Detailed explanation-4: -This agreement has facilitated the direct movement of containers from eastern ports of India (Industrial zones) to Bangladesh’s manufacturing hub Dhaka, by moving the container vessels directly to Pagan. This has helped the importers to avoid road congestion between Chittagong and Dhaka.

Detailed explanation-5: -The India–Bangladesh Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace was a 25-year treaty that was signed on 19 March 1972 forging close bilateral relations between India and the newly established state of Bangladesh.