AGARTALA, October 17 (TIWN):- Bangladesh will perhaps not allow the Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka. Due to some misunderstanding on Tista issue, the Government of the neighboring country had taken such a decision.Sources informed that the signing of treaty between India- Bangladesh about six rivers including Tista and Feni was completed during the visit of The then Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh in the year 2011. But Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee interfered into the matter, raised objections for signing Tista River treaty.

Even after the visit of present Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Dhaka, still Bangladesh Government fully not agreed to allow bus service as well as  increasing number of train services through Dhaka.

It is to be mentioned here that if the bus service started, then it will be extremely helpful for import-export and developing friendly relations. Since the 1980s, the Indian and Bangladeshi governments have sought to negotiate an agreement permitting commercial vehicles to pass through Bangladeshi highways in order to reach the northeastern states of India from Bengal and rest of India ; a concept described in India as the "Bangla Corridor. Such an arrangement is being promoted for benifit to bilateral commerce, the transport cost reduction for Indian businesses and additional revenue for Bangladesh.

In 2006, both governments began working on a proposal to provide a bus service directly connecting Kolkata with Agartala, the capital of the Indian state of Tripura but a direct road link via Dhaka would shorten the travelling distance to an estimated 400 km (249 mi) considerably reducing the costs of transport for Indian businesses, which have to transport goods and service.