A high-level meeting was held on Thursday at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha for launching international flight services on the Agartala-Chittagong route.

Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury, Chief Secretary JK Sinha, Director General of State Police Amitabha Ranjan and others were present in the meeting.

CM Saha reviewed the steps taken by the state government in view of launching international flight services on the Agartala-Chittagong route.

In the meeting, the Chief Minister said, “The state government has taken the initiative to declare the Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport as an international airport. Maximum efforts will be taken to implement this initiative of the government.

The State Cabinet has approved the start of international flight services on the Agartala-Chittagong route.”

CM Saha directed the DGP to take necessary steps to appoint 17 security personnel to the Bureau of Immigration at MBB Airport on the request of the Union Ministry of Defense and also directed the Secretary of the Department of Defense and Transport to take necessary measures as per the instructions of the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Chief Minister also directed the officials of the concerned departments to quickly complete all the processes for launching international flight services on the Agartala-Chittagong route.