1,300 trucks stuck as India-Bangladesh trade grinds to a halt at border
it is a huge market for Indian goods, says Ramesh Aggarwal
An estimated 1,300 trucks carrying goods from India were stranded on 8 August at Bangladesh's Benapole land port, according to the Times of India.
The All India Motor Transport Congress (AlMTC) urged the government to facilitate the return of these vehicles and their crew, said AlMTC president Amrit Lal Madan
"After we intimated the government, with Gol intervention, the trucks have started coming back to India," he said
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"There will be an impact on the transportation business on account of the developments in Bangladesh," he added.
There's a reason why the Bangladesh unrest is making India's transportation sector jittery - it is a huge market for Indian goods. "Thanks to the favourable duty structure, daily around 1,000 trucks used to go to Bangladesh which has now stopped entirely," said Ramesh Aggarwal of the All India Transporters Welfare Association.
India ships everything from auto parts, earth moving big machines, engineering goods, pharma to fruits and vegetables. In comparison, Nepal has high import duties and only 100-150 trucks ply between the two countries, he said.
