India and Bangladesh signed the second Addendum of the Inland Water Transit and Trade Protocol in Bangladesh.
This will help in export of Bhutanese cargo, stone chips and North East Cargo to Bangladesh.
It will increase economy of Bangladesh and lower Assam.
Both added the Sonamura-Daudkandi route on the Gomti river in Tripura and Rajshahi-Dhulian-Rajshahi route in Bangladesh, along with the four new routes., to the list of Indo-Bangladesh protocol routes.
The five new ports of call on the Indian side are Maia, Kolaghat, Sonamura, Dhulian, and Jogigopha.
On the Bangladesh side, they are Sultanganj, Rajshahi, Chilmari, Bahadurabad, and Daudkandi.
The inclusion of Jogigopha will help in connectivity with Meghalaya, Bhutan and Assam.
Currently there are six ports of call between India and Bangladesh.
On India's side, they are, Haldia, Kolkata, Pandu, Karimganj, Dhubri, and Shilghat.
On the Bangladesh side, they are Khulna, Narayanganj, Sirajganj, Mongla, Pangaon, and Ashuganj.