After 70 years, Assam’s Dibrugarh sends out first international shipment
- Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off a 540-tonne methanol shipment from Assam’s Dibrugarh to Dhaka on October 5.
- It marks Dibrugarh’s first international shipment since 1947, after its ghat shut in 1956, ending a decades-long gap.
- The vessel will travel 1,300 km via the Brahmaputra and Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route, boosting regional trade and cutting logistics costs.
Source: ndtv.com
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