Phulbari, Jalpaiguri

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Phulbari
ফু্লবাড়ি
Fulbari
Town
Phulbari is located in West Bengal
Phulbari
Phulbari
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Nearest city Siliguri / Jalpaiguri
Lok Sabha constituency Jalpaiguri
Vidhan Sabha constituency Dabgram-Phulbari

Phulbari is a road border crossing for vehicles only on the India-Bangladesh border and a proposed municipality in Rajganj community development block in Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Bangladesh side of the border crossing is Banglabandha.

Border crossing

Border crossing of vehicles between Phulbari in India and Banglabandha in Bangladesh was inaugurated on January 2011. Earlier, Nepal-Bangladesh transit through the border started in a limited manner in 1997. Goods-laden trucks from both sides cross the border and unload the goods at warehouses in the other country. There is no arrangement for the crossing of human beings. The Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Bangladesh's Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury attended the inauguration ceremony.[1][2][3]

There are complaints about lack of proper facilities at the border, and condition of the road between Phulbari and India-Nepal border. India has taken steps to improve the 42 kilometres (26 mi) road between Kankarbhitta, where the Nepalese check-post is located, across the Mechi River from NH 31C and Phulbari border post on State Highway 12.[4][5]

See also

References

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