Sushanta Chowdhury, transport and civil supplies minister of Tripura, on Friday (May 3) has assured of rail and road connectivity being restored within four days. The Tripura government organised a review meeting on Friday at the civil secretariat here in Agartala.
“Railway and roadway connectivity for Tripura is likely to be fully restored within a couple of days and things will certainly move forward in a positive direction once the connectivity issues are resolved,” the minister told ANI.
Tripura cutoff from rest of Northeast
There has been a fuel crisis all over the state of Tripura due to severe weather conditions prevalent in some parts of Assam. Tripura was essentially shut off from the rest of the Northeast, which resulted in the closure of a significant number of fuel stations. Further to this, the state government has imposed restrictions on fuel refilling.
Roads in some areas have collapsed in, disrupting the state’s supply chain. “The official update that we have received from the authorities indicated that in the next few days, things will be normal again,” the Minister added.
Railway route to open soon
Meanwhile, Additional Secretary Food and Civil Supplies Department Normal Adhikari said that the railway authorities have informed that on May 5, they will resume services.
“Once the railway route is open, all our problems will be solved. Till then, we are getting limited supplies through roadways. The roadway supply is not enough which is why the restrictions are imposed,” Adhikari added.
However, on the alternative Bangladesh route, the Adhikari pointed out that it is a lengthy process to get approval on the transportation of goods via Bangladesh and that by the time they get approvals, the railway route will be restored. “Assam is quite satisfactory and hopefully, things will turn out to be positive for us,” Adhikari further added.
(with inputs from ANI)