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Border haats to be ready by March
7 February 2011: Two traditional border haats are expected to commence operations by March 2011, as part of a pilot project to revive trade tie between Meghalaya and Bangladesh.
Both the countries hoped to open up at least ten more such haats in the coming six to eight months. The Union Government has approved setting up of a Haat Management Committee (HMC) which was prepared by the department of commerce and industries to look into the nitty-gritty of opening up the first Indo-Bangla border haat at Balat.
Presently, construction work for the stalls, 25 on each side of both the countries, is underway.
Three locations have been identified for establishing the border-haats in Sonarhat-Lyngkhat (Sylhet-East Khasi Hills border), Baliamari-Kalaichar (Kurigram-West Garo Hills border) and Narayantala-Balat (Sunamganj-East Khasi Hills border). The officials of both the countries will be meeting soon to finalise the modalities for the functioning of these border haats.
Source: Times of India