A special economic zone (SEZ), an integrated check-post and a food park will be set up for promoting trade and business with Bangladesh in the hub under construction, he said.
The proposal comes as the Sonamura-Daudkandi route has already been declared as a 'protocol route' for inland waterway, Rathod was quoted as saying by a news agency.
Around 20 acre of land has already been identified for the proposed project, while a process has been initiated to identify 30 acre more, he said.
The primary aim is to connect Ashuganj, Chittagong and Kolkata ports with Kaladan multimodal transit facility through Myanmar's Sittwe port, he said.
The state government has sought an extension from Sonamura to Maharani via Udaipur for a proposed waterway to Bangladesh's Daudkandi, he said.
The state government is also mulling over setting up a trans-trade centre in South Tripura's Sabroom. "A hydrographic survey on the Feni river will be carried out to ascertain the water level before pushing for the plan," the official added.
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