International standard airport at Agartala by 2016

A state government official said Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh recently assured the chief minister that his ministry would examine the issue of operating flights from Agartala to Bangladesh and neighbouring countries.


"There is considerable movement of people between northeastern states and Bangladesh and there is a lot of demand for connectivity between Agartala, Dhaka and Chittagong and other cities of that country in the context of improving relations between the two neighbours," the official quoted Sarkar as saying during the meeting with Ajit Singh in New Delhi earlier this month.

The airports are being made international as part of India's "Look East" policy to boost the northeast region's connectivity and trade with Southeast Asia.