The establishment of an all-weather inland port at Jogighopa with better road connectivity and rail linkages was recommended by the leading think-tank, CUTS International after a detailed study. It also recommended the degradation of the Dhubri inland port. A study under the programme “Trans-boundary Rivers of South Asia” (TROSA) was conducted by the CUTS international with the support from Oxfam along the stretch Dhubri (Assam, India) and Chilmari (Kurigram, Bangladesh) falling in the Protocol Route 1 and 2 and explored the prospects of inclusive cross-border trade.

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The policy brief of the study was published that details various challenges related to infrastructure, regulations and market access faced by local producers, traders and small scale entrepreneurs that prevents the participation in cross-border trade and the recommendations to address those challenges were also proposed. India and Bangladesh are keen on good trade between the countries which is explicitly seen from the trade and transportation policies of the countries that intends to enhance trade competitiveness by reducing logistics costs.

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Inland waterways are the cost-effective alternative way for transporting the products which do not need immediate delivery. The product list includes petroleum products, coal, cement, iron, and metal ores, stone chips and boulders, etc. To be noted, India and Bangladesh are taking subsequent initiatives to boost the inland water transport (IWT) sector to utilize for inter-country and transit trade. 

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