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🔆Mongla Port

✅The Port of Mongla is located in the Bagerhat District of Bangladesh. It lies 62 km north of the Bay of Bengal coastline.
✅It is situated at the confluence of the Pasur River and the Mongla River.
✅The Port is surrounded and protected by the Sundarban mangrove forest.
✅Mongla is the second largest seaport in Bangladesh after Chittagong.

📍Significance for India:
✅Provides strategic access to India's northeastern states (e.g., Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya).
Reduces distance and transportation costs for goods to and from these regions.
✅India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) has expressed interest in operating Mongla Port, which would be its third international port operation after Chabahar in Iran and Sittwe in Myanmar.
✅Expansion project: India and Bangladesh signed a MoU on the use of Chattogram and Mongla ports in 2015.
✅The MoU envisages the transit of goods from Mongla port to the northeastern states of India through waterways, roads and railways.

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🔆Mongla Port

✅The Port of Mongla is located in the Bagerhat District of Bangladesh. It lies 62 km north of the Bay of Bengal coastline.
✅It is situated at the confluence of the Pasur River and the Mongla River.
✅The Port is surrounded and protected by the Sundarban mangrove forest.
✅Mongla is the second largest seaport in Bangladesh after Chittagong.

📍Significance for India:
✅Provides strategic access to India's northeastern states (e.g., Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya).
Reduces distance and transportation costs for goods to and from these regions.
✅India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) has expressed interest in operating Mongla Port, which would be its third international port operation after Chabahar in Iran and Sittwe in Myanmar.
✅Expansion project: India and Bangladesh signed a MoU on the use of Chattogram and Mongla ports in 2015.
✅The MoU envisages the transit of goods from Mongla port to the northeastern states of India through waterways, roads and railways.

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