BENAPOLE LAND PORT
It
is the most important checkpost of Bangladesh as the Bangladesh Land
Port Authority (BLPA) is weighing the importance of the busiest land
port Benapole on India-Bangladesh border in line with other Land Customs
(LC) stations that cannot be recognized as full-fledged land ports.
Benapole is a township in Sharsha
Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs
station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some
sources say 1947), a large number of people have travelled between
Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs station. The railway link
between Bangladesh and India through Benapole was discontinued when war
broke out between Pakistan and India in September of 1965. Urbanization
of Benapole started in the 1990s along the Grand Trunk Road.
On the Bangladesh-India land border,
Benapole is the most important checkpost of Bangladesh and is operated
by the Bangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA). Geographically Benapole is
majot strategical point for border trading between India and Bangladesh
owing ito its proximity to Kolkata. According to Land Port Authority,
approximately 90 percent of the total imported items from India come
through Benapole. Primarily Benapole land port was an Land Customs
station and gradually it turned into a Customs Division 1984) and later
Custom House (1997) in response to its rising importance as in terms of
import volume. In 2009, Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith opened
the newly constructed building of Benapole Customs and Immigration Check
post.
As of 2009, 143 staff including 9
officials and 134 employees are working at the Benapole land port. In
fiscal year 1996-97 revenue realized from Benapole land port was around
Taka 500 crore , at present it is Taka 850 crore.
Benapole had witnessed a rise of imports by 15 – 20 percent each year. It has become a significant revenue generator for the government since late 1980s. However, port facilities remain under-developed as yet. Carriability of the road from Benapole to Jessopre is limited notwithstanding regular maintenance. A two-member consultant team of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working to sort out improvement areas in the immigration and customs of the land port and also studying feasibility of Benapole-Petropole border as a corridor of transit in this South Asian region.
Benapole had witnessed a rise of imports by 15 – 20 percent each year. It has become a significant revenue generator for the government since late 1980s. However, port facilities remain under-developed as yet. Carriability of the road from Benapole to Jessopre is limited notwithstanding regular maintenance. A two-member consultant team of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working to sort out improvement areas in the immigration and customs of the land port and also studying feasibility of Benapole-Petropole border as a corridor of transit in this South Asian region.
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