[🇧🇩] Is it a Transit or Corridor? Will it be used for economic or Military purpose?

[Saif]

Bhai Saif, this is not a sustainable scenario, running Indian infra through Bangladesh, as much of a wish it is from the current Indian administration.

No one (least of all Bangladeshi authorities) can assure the security of the goods carried through this infra, much less the infra itself. One mis-step and things will quickly escalate, witness the current minor fracas about quotas in Dhaka which has now turned into a regime-change scenario in Bangladesh.

Indians have not thought this through....Bangladesh is not India.

India cannot handle another Vietnam in its Eastern flanks. Especially with the current unemployment, debt-to-GDP ratio and inflation scenario at home.

Even with highly trained RAB and shoot-at-sight orders in Bangladesh, the govt. cannot control the situation, and Indian govt. thinks it can handle things by deploying the Indian Army, the Assam Rifles, the Border Security Force, and the West Bengal Police.

I am amazed at the rank immaturity.

Bilal bhai, the Govt. has successfully granted India road transit (corridor) through Bangladesh which is operational already and built a bridge over Feni river, which is our chicken neck, for them. But the mass people and the army remained quiet about this and did not voice their concern. So, we should not bank too much on our people (a sizeable portion of them is pro-India) and the army.

 

[Saif]

https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/india-seeks-bd-nod-for-thega-bridge-project

India seeks BD nod for Thega bridge project
FE REPORT
Published :
Aug 03, 2024 00:26
Updated :
Aug 03, 2024 00:26

New Delhi has asked Dhaka to obtain the concurrence of relevant authorities on the road connectivity for a proposed bridge over the Thega river, linking Bangladesh and Mizoram.

The bridge will connect Chittagong seaport with Lunglei city in the Indian state of Mizoram.

To this end, the Indian Embassy in Dhaka has sent a note verbale to the foreign affairs ministry, requesting guidance on the next steps.

The foreign ministry has forwarded the note to the relevant ministries.

For the project, the note referred to previous joint statements and meetings, including the Joint Statement signed by Tipu Munshi, former commerce minister of Bangladesh, and Dr R Lalthangliana, commerce & industries minister, Government of Mizoram, and to the agreed minutes of the 15th JWG meeting held in Dhaka on 26-27 September 2023 and the sub-group and agreed minutes of the 5th Meeting of the Bangladesh-India Sub-group on Infrastructure of ICPS/LCSs held on 4-5 November 2023 in Dhaka.

In 2021, Bangladesh and India planned to build a bridge over the Thega River to facilitate the smooth movement of goods and services between Mizoram and other Indian states.

Earlier, Bangladesh planned a 660-metre-long bridge to India through the Rangamati border area, which would bring significant benefits to the country by boosting regional trade.​