Very low transit fee for India to use Bangladesh route raises eyebows

[extra terrestrial]

Well, honestly, this transit agreement looks pretty much like Bangladesh giving alms to India. This will serve no economic benefit to Bangladesh, at all.

The annual trade of the Northeast is not really large enough to have such low amount of transit fee, which means the ultimate revenue for Bangladesh will be minuscule. There will be substantial expenses for the maintenance of the infrastructure (dredging of the waterways, maintenance of the highways). In addition, extra staff will be required to facilitate the transit. Then, there will always be a security risk.

IMO, instead of having a bilateral agreement, the Bangladesh-India transit could be facilitated through the BCIM project that would have a uniform transit fee for all the four countries.

 

[Riyad]

Wait, the rate should also depend upon the quality of infrastructure offered, they cannot expect the rates charged on US highways on Bangladeshi narrow roads.

Aren't you a Bangal by ancestry (Dhaka-Barisal)? You should support which benefits Bangladesh. Stop your weird obsession against anything which benefits your own ancestral land even if you are not living in the land you are genetically a Bangal which directly or indirectly means you are Bangladeshi. Tk 1058 is very reasonable considering how important this route is for India. I challenge you India CAN'T develop Northeast even in next 100 years if it doesn't get access to Bangladesh. You can give several explanation how you can develop without Bangladesh but the truth is you CAN'T. You can't go to Southeast ignoring Bangladesh. That's fact. Its India which is depended on Bangladesh to reach Southeast market.

 

[Sam.]

Aren't you a Bangal by ancestry (Dhaka-Barisal)? You should support which benefits Bangladesh. Stop your weird obsession against anything which benefits your own ancestral land even if you are not living in the land you are genetically a Bangal which directly or indirectly means you are Bangladeshi. Tk 1058 is very reasonable considering how important this route is for India. I challenge you India CAN'T develop Northeast even in next 100 years if it doesn't get access to Bangladesh. You can give several explanation how you can develop without Bangladesh but the truth is you CAN'T. You can't go to Southeast ignoring Bangladesh. That's fact. Its India which is depended on Bangladesh to reach Southeast market.

Your Point : This route is better than siliguri route so pay us heavily for just passing by where we have to invest almost nothing.

Our point :If we pay heavily then what's the point of using your roads as cost will be same as siliguri route.

Deal are always signed for the benefit of both party and not one.

 

[asad71]

Such acts only hasten the total physical elimination of India and her cohorts in BD.

 

[dray]

If we start working on it, private sector will not take much time. How many years already passed by?

Just find my earlier solution. Private sector can build a 8 lane highways even elevated can be possible. We can award this project to Chinese.

It's a business deal where the cost-benefit ratio should be higher for Bangladeshi route to attract Indian cargo. It's like a product where you can fix any price, but whether you will get customer at that price is another question.

Here the factors are cost, time, security and ease of doing business. Time is not a big factor for most of the products on that route, a day or two extra doesn't matter much. Security factor is in favour of the Indian route. Ease of doing business is also in favour of the Indian route, because there is less paperwork and less loading/unloading during transit. So everything boils down to the cost factor, if it is less in Bangladeshi route, then Bangladesh gets the transit business, otherwise that 8-lane Chinese highway on Bangladeshi soil won't get Indian cargo.

 

[dray]

Aren't you a Bangal by ancestry (Dhaka-Barisal)? You should support which benefits Bangladesh. Stop your weird obsession against anything which benefits your own ancestral land even if you are not living in the land you are genetically a Bangal which directly or indirectly means you are Bangladeshi. Tk 1058 is very reasonable considering how important this route is for India. I challenge you India CAN'T develop Northeast even in next 100 years if it doesn't get access to Bangladesh. You can give several explanation how you can develop without Bangladesh but the truth is you CAN'T. You can't go to Southeast ignoring Bangladesh. That's fact. Its India which is depended on Bangladesh to reach Southeast market.

By your logic most of the Pakistani leaders including Jinnah, Parvez Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif should have been working in India's interest.

And no, our north-eastern states' development don't depend on a shorter route through Bangladesh, if distance was any factor, then some of our central and north Indian states wouldn't have been less developed comparatively.

And yes, we have land border with Myanmar, and we are working on an India-Myanmar-Thailand road connectivity.

Such acts only hasten the total physical elimination of India and her cohorts in BD.

Somehow you are getting more weired with age.

 

[nwmalik]

who will pay for the wear and tear to the road infrastructure

 

[asad71]

I am not being sarcastic, although this will sound diabolical. Pakistan and China should covertly encourage India to physically and overtly invade BD. The resultant bogging down of a large force and astronomical expenditure will bleed India white and prepare her for invasion by Pakistan. We will then fight the true Liberation War and give the invader the treatment we had meted out to the Mughal Gen Ma'n Singh and Maratha Gen Bhaskar Pandit. Indian infiltration in BD is so deep and intense that only a liberation war can cleanse the ingress. Not only us but others like the Sikhs, Kashmiris, Tamils and NE peoples will be able to throw out the yoke of India.

 

[TopCat]

Your Point : This route is better than siliguri route so pay us heavily for just passing by where we have to invest almost nothing.

Our point :If we pay heavily then what's the point of using your roads as cost will be same as siliguri route.

Deal are always signed for the benefit of both party and not one.

Bangldesh is not marketing its road to India. Its India's persistence to allow them the transit. We are merely asking the cost of using it. Roads are built on people's money which Indian tax payer did not pay for.

who will pay for the wear and tear to the road infrastructure

When I said that the private sector get involved, these Indians just chickened out as they dont want a competitive rate rather a free ride.

 

[Sam.]

Bangldesh is not marketing its road to India. Its India's persistence to allow them the transit. We are merely asking the cost of using it. Roads are built on people's money which Indian tax payer did not pay for.


When I said that the private sector get involved, these Indians just chickened out as they dont want a competitive rate rather a free ride.

Roads are useless if there are not any traffic on them so think about it. As for private sector involvement then ask your govt to talk to our govt. PDF is not the place to get govt talks, it's just a civilian forum.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Bangldesh is not marketing its road to India. Its India's persistence to allow them the transit. We are merely asking the cost of using it. Roads are built on people's money which Indian tax payer did not pay for.


When I said that the private sector get involved, these Indians just chickened out as they dont want a competitive rate rather a free ride.

Yea. We are ready to pay them transit fee, toll taxes etc. If BD allows we can even build a four lane higway ourselves

 

[airmarshal]

Bangladesh was better off when it was Pakistan. Now, its nothing but a vassal of India.

 

[livingdead]

If we start working on it, private sector will not take much time. How many years already passed by?


Just find my earlier solution. Private sector can build a 8 lane highways even elevated can be possible. We can award this project to Chinese.

8 lane highway with how many bridges over massive rivers? Does your solution take cost of building into account?

 

[TopCat]

8 lane highway with how many bridges over massive rivers? Does your solution take cost of building into account?

We already built tolll bridges which can be used and shared.

 

[livingdead]

We already built tolll bridges which can be used and shared.

the one on padma has not been build yet, right?
will it mean dedicated 8 lane route for Indian trucks that share bridges with bd... i see its going to be as controversial