The Governor of Tripura Professor Kaptan Singh Solanki inaugurated
the 29th Tripura Industries & Commerce Fair at the Agartala
International Fair and Exhibition ground at Hapania on Tuesday.
He
was accompanied by MLA Ramprashad Paul, assistant high commissioner of
Bangladesh, Agartala Kiriti Chakma, chairman of Tripura Industrial
Development Corporation, Tinku Roy and director of Industries and
Commerce Dr Sandeep R Rathod beside other dignitaries.
After the inauguration, Padma Shri Rosam player of the state, Thanga Darlong was felicitated by the Governor.
Addressing
the gathering chairman TIDC Tinku Roy said that the state has all
facilities for setting up industries right from surplus electricity,
gas, and land. Moreover, the connectivity has also improved.
Quoting
the Assistant HC of Bangladesh, the TIDC chairman viewed that Tripura
should further improve its business relationship with Bangladesh.
He
also viewed that according to the latest statistics, Tripura annually
imports items of an amount of Rs 400 crores and exports upto Rs ten
crores items to Bangladesh and which should not have happened as the
state has huge scope for export but it did not happen.
On the
inaugural day, a large number of people came to the fair premises which
are an opportunity for them to get better quality items at reasonable
prices under the same roof with a variety of choices.
Various
small and large investors in the state of Tripura has displayed their
activities in their pavilions and ONGC is one of them.
Governor of Tripura, Professor Kaptan Singh Solanki along with other dignitaries visited various stalls.
The
Governor viewed that Tripura’s natural resources provide enormous scope
for setting up of industries build on agro and allied products beside
bamboo, handicraft, handloom, natural gas, rubber, tea, and tourism.
He
emphasized on improving business relation including the tourism sector
between Tripura and Bangladesh and which shall be win-win and beneficial
for both.
Meantime, Asset Manager of ONGC Tripura Asset G K
Singha Roy said that in the fair ONGC has tried to display a model of
its activities in the state for its development which is not limited to
just its gas exploration and trade activities but also the CSR
activities for the welfare of the people of Tripura.
This fair has
also improved the business relationship between India-Bangladesh as
trade and industrial fair not only helps artisans in selling as well as
displaying their products but it is a sign that India’s northeast which
till a few years back was considered to be economically backward is
going for a resurgent.
Moreover, the fair also resembles that
Northeast is investor friendly, and it is scope for creating awareness
on utilizing of local resources by local entrepreneurs and
confidence-building measure among the entrepreneurs, investors, and
financers. The eighteen days fair shall conclude on February 15 next.
Source: Northeast Now
