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Detailed explanation-1: -friendship bridge), also called Gateway of Northeast, is a 150-metre (490 ft) bridge on Feni River which links Tripura in India with Chittagong port in Bangladesh, thus providing a shorter and more economical alternate land route between India’s eastern and western states compared to the longer route through Assam.

Detailed explanation-2: -[i] The bridge is named ‘Maitri Setu’ or the Friendship Bridge to ‘symbolise growing bilateral relations and friendly ties between India and Bangladesh’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Feni is a southeastern transboundary river between Tripura, an Indian state and Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Feni River (Bengali: ; ISO: Phēnī Nadī ) is a river in southeastern Bangladesh and Tripura state of India. It is a trans-boundary river with an ongoing dispute about water rights. The Feni River originates in South Tripura district and flows through Sabroom town and then enters Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Ganges forms a border between the two countries for part of its course and continues to flow through Bangladesh to the Bay of Bengal. The 1996 treaty guaranteed India a flow of nearly 1000 m3/sec between January 1 and May 31.