Business Desk :
Existing border haats along the India-Bangladesh border need to be reopened at the earliest and after adopting appropriate precautionary measures related to health and hygiene, said Bipul Chatterjee of CUTS International.
The executive director of the Indian non-profit further said that the border haats are important for maintaining and ensuring peace, security, stability and prosperity in the border regions where they exist, according to a press statement on Friday.
Chatterjee was moderating an Expert Group Meeting on the functioning and impacts of border haats, organised by CUTS International, India and UnnayanShamannay, Bangladesh as part of a project supported by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development under its Asia Regional Trade and Connectivity Programme.
Eminent experts from both India and Bangladesh participated at the webinar and provided their views and suggestions in this regard.
Researchers from CUTS International and UnnayanShamannay presented their findings on the study titled “Border Haats between India and Bangladesh as a Tool to Reduce Informal Cross-border Trade between the Two Countries.”
Existing border haats along the India-Bangladesh border need to be reopened at the earliest and after adopting appropriate precautionary measures related to health and hygiene, said Bipul Chatterjee of CUTS International.
The executive director of the Indian non-profit further said that the border haats are important for maintaining and ensuring peace, security, stability and prosperity in the border regions where they exist, according to a press statement on Friday.
Chatterjee was moderating an Expert Group Meeting on the functioning and impacts of border haats, organised by CUTS International, India and UnnayanShamannay, Bangladesh as part of a project supported by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development under its Asia Regional Trade and Connectivity Programme.
Eminent experts from both India and Bangladesh participated at the webinar and provided their views and suggestions in this regard.
Researchers from CUTS International and UnnayanShamannay presented their findings on the study titled “Border Haats between India and Bangladesh as a Tool to Reduce Informal Cross-border Trade between the Two Countries.”
