Govt has plan to build land port in Ghumdhum: Shipping adviser

Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain has said the government has a plan to construct a land port in Ghumdhum of Naikhongchhari upazila under Bandarban district, as he visited the possible site.

"I've seen the border road. I've seen the site for the construction of a land port. There are plans for this," he said while talking to the media during the inspection of the site.

He added, "We'll look into the future and see whether a land port can be built there." 

The Shipping Adviser said that the land route is more convenient than the sea route with Myanmar's Rakhine State and the Trans-Asian road in Ghumdhum is easy for the two countries for communication.

"We have a port in Teknaf with Myanmar, and I'll look at that place," he added.

Regarding the trade deficit, Sakhawat Hussain said, "You know why there was a deficit with Myanmar...Import of goods had decreased slightly due to the conflict inside Myanmar, and it will return to normalcy depending on the situation." 

Bangladesh Land Port Authority Chairman Manzarul Mannan, Cox's Bazar Additional Deputy Commissioner Md. Abdullah Yamin, and Cox's Bazar 34 BGB Commander Lieutenant Colonel Md. Faruk Hossain Khan, among others, were present.