• Abhijit Nath, NET Correspondent, Tripura 

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Sunday asserted that during the recently-concluded ‘Destination Tripura Investment Summit’ a trade agreement worth of Rs 3,000 crore has been signed by industrialists & representatives of various companies.

While addressing a victory rally and joining meet organized at Sabroom Melar Math area of South Tripura district on Sunday, Deb said “Sabroom is set to become a commercial gateway to the North East along with expanding the industrial potential of the state. Soon a new horizon of large-scale industrial prosperity is about to be unveiled in the state”.

The Chief Minister added that Sabroom is emerging as a stepping stone to the commercial and huge economic prosperity of the state through its utilization of various opportunities including Special Economic Zone, Integrated Check Post and ‘Maitri’ Bridge which was long neglected in the question of overall development.

“But now the state is reaching the pinnacle of development as a result of the sincere efforts of the Prime Minister. The government is constantly working to rise above party narrow-mindedness and deliver all opportunities to all”, Deb told the gathering.

The industry was highly-neglected due to the lack of goodwill of the previous government even though Tripura had adequate electricity and gas and other materials and raw materials, he added.

But the nearly 3,000 crore trade agreement signed at the Destination Tripura Investment Summit, which took place at Agartala for the first time will play a significant role in the state’s huge industrial prosperity including – economic development and generating huge employment opportunities.

Keeping in view of the favorable industrial potentialities currently being created in Tripura, national and international business representatives attended the event.

The state government has worked on a priority basis to ensure business security by creating an industry-friendly and investment-friendly environment in the state. As a result, national and international industrialists, who at one time were reluctant to invest in Tripura attained interest in investing heavily across the northeastern state, realizing the various facilities provided by the state government and the favorable environment for industrial development, he added.

From this summit, the possibility of investing in the IT sector alone has been created. Besides, Rubber & Agar cultivations, companies will also highly-invest in hotels including – ITC, Taj company, etc.