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The Border Haat at Indo-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya was opened yesterday after a gap of two years. The decision to open the Border Haat between Balat in East Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya and Lauwaghar at Dalora in Sunamganj District of Bangladesh was taken by the Joint Border Haat Management committee on the 19th of this month. The Border Haat management committee has also decided to reopen two more Haats next month.
The Haat between Ryngku in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya and Bagan Bari in Duara Bazar, Sunamganj district of Bangladesh will be opened on 12th of May. The Haat between Nalikata in South West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya and Saydabad at Tahirpur in Sunamganj district of Bangladesh is scheduled to be opened on 16th May.
At present, India and Bangladesh have seven established Border Haats and nine more new Border Haats are in the pipeline. Border Haats enable local residents on both sides of the border to trade the local produce.
Pic taken from Open source, Internet
