Sabroom Special Economic Zone, the Maitri Setu and an Integrated Check Post: Tripura as a gateway to Southeast Asia

Background

The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region describes Agartala as a strategic gateway connecting businesses to the ASEAN region of over 670 million people. It names the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway, the Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project, the Special Economic Zone at Sabroom, the Maitri Setu bridge and the Integrated Check Post as the initiatives positioning Tripura as a springboard for exports to Southeast Asia. The Ministry frames the State's shift from a landlocked territory to a gateway to the Bay of Bengal as part of the wider change in the Northeast.