For the first time ever, an Indian waterway is being used for transport of cargo between Bhutan and Bangladesh.
The ship MV AAI has set sail from Dhubri in Assam and will travel to Narayanganj in Bangladesh, over river Brahmaputra and the Indo Bangladesh Protocol Route.
It carried stone from Bhutan to be delivered in Bangladesh.
This waterway route will cut short travel time by 8 to 10 days and reduce transportation cost by 30%.