AGARTALA, July 10 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Monday in Northeast Council Plenary’s (NEC) meet has claimed the upcoming opening of Feni river bridge will function as the “gateway” for Northeast India, which will down the commodity prices at 25 %.

Speaking about the logistics projects in the North East region, Tripura CM yet again raised the issue of early completion of Feni River Bridge project as it would open a new Gateway for North East India.

Tripura Govt press release announced that all the state CMs spoke about increasing trade prospects with Bangladesh to which Biplab Deb added that if this gateway opens through Tripura, the prices of goods can come down by 25% playing an instrumental role in furthering the growth prospects of North East.