Hili traders for limiting Indian truck entry

Bangladeshi exporters, importers and clearing and forwarding agents at Hili Land Port in Dinajpur's Hakimpur upazila have announced that they would accept letting in just 50 goods-laden trucks from India from tomorrow to tackle the pandemic.

Usually 200 to 250 trucks enter the port every day. Customs is yet to provide an official statement on the matter.

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The traders and agents were said to have written a letter to the leaders of the Hili Exporters and Customs Clearing Agents' Association of India on Saturday, seeking vaccination and Covid-19 tests for truck drivers, limiting truck entry and taking those back daily.

The association General Secretary Dhiraj Adhikary is said to have replied that doing so would be impossible and cross-border trade had to continue as before.

The Bangladeshis were then said to have come up with the announcement after holding an emergency meeting on Sunday.