DHAKA: The first border market, locally called ‘haat’, in Tripura and the third along the India-Bangladesh frontier is likely to be inaugurated on January 13.

Pravin L Agrawal, Industry and Commerce Department director and special secretary said the work for setting up of necessary infrastructure was completed two months back and now it is ready to be opened.

He said “Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and a Bangladesh minister would attend the inaugural ceremony at Srinagar (140 km from Agartala).”

However, the name of the Bangladesh minister is yet to be known.

He said the work on another ‘border haat’ at Kamalasagar in Tripura is on and this would be ready within a month, reports news kerala.com.

Earlier, two ‘border haats’ were set up in 2012 at Meghalaya’s Kalaichar (India)-Baliamari (Bangladesh) and Dalora (Bangladesh)-Balat (India).

The border haat are allowed to sell agricultural and horticultural products, spices, minor forest products (excluding timber), fresh and dry fish, dairy and poultry products, cottage industry items, wooden furniture, handloom and handicraft items.

BDST: 2014 HRS, JAN 01, 2015