Agartala, May 04: One of the two ‘Border Haats’ (markets) located in Tripura along the India-Bangladesh border is set to resume trading from May 9 after being closed for three years.

After a recent meeting between the district officials of Feni (Bangladesh) and South Tripura (India), it was decided to resume the business of the Purba Madhugram (Bangladesh)-Srinagar (South Tripura) ‘Border Haats’ from May 9.

Efforts were on to restart the Kasba (Bangladesh)-Kamlasagar (Tripura) Border Haat in Sepahijala district were discussed in the meeting.

The four Border Haats, two each in Tripura and Meghalaya, have remained closed since March 2020 after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdowns, causing immense loss to the people living in the bordering villages.

Both the Tripura and Meghalaya governments have been pressing the Center to take up the matter with the Bangladesh government to resume the Border Haats.

The two Border Haats in Meghalaya – at Balat (East Khasi Hills district) and Kalaichar (South West Garo Hills district) – were reopened last year and both are now functional every once in a week.

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