Bus service flagged off between Guwahati-Dhaka

 Assam PWD minister Ajanta Neog on Wednesday flagged off a trial run of a ASTC bus Service  between Guwahati & Dhaka in Bangladesh.

It is the third such initiative between India & Bangladesh after 1995 when Kolkata was connected for the first time and later in 2002 with Agartala.

Terming the day as memorable one the minister said that this route was functional before independence and now after 67 years, as part of the “Look East Policy” ,of the Government of India, this route opens for passenger movement again which will help promote trade  and commerce between the two countries.
 
The flagging off ceremony was also attended by senior officials from Bangladesh along with officials from Meghalaya and Assam.

The bus will ply from Guwahati via Meghalaya through Dawki to Sylet enroute to Dhaka covering 496 kilometre route.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)