AGARTALA, Sep 2 (TIWN): Chief Minister Biplab Deb on Sunday in a Indo-Bangla meet at Agartala Press Club has claimed the upcoming opening of Feni river bridge will function as the “gateway” for Northeast India, to down commodity price.

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.

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.

“As soon as the port ways to be opened, there will be no poor in Tripura and Northeastern states to export their products via Tripura. In this way, Tripura to become a business-hub”, CM added.