AGARTALA, June 7 � The Kolkata-Agartala bus service via Dhaka reached Agartala last midnight amid a warm welcome from the people of Tripura.
Senior State Government officials received the bus at the Indo-Bangla border of Tripura.
People waved at the bus as it passed through different areas and halted at the State capital terminus.
�This has been made possible by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,� one of those present at the site, said.
Marking Modi�s maiden visit to Bangladesh, two bus services connecting key cities in the two countries were flagged off yesterday in Dhaka by the three dignitaries to boost connectivity and enhance people-to-people contact.
�I wish you all a very happy journey,� Modi had said after jointly flagging off the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati bus services with his Bangladeshi counterpart and West Bengal Chief Minister.
During the flag off ceremony on the first day of his visit yesterday, Modi handed over a symbolic ticket of the Agartala-Dhaka-Kolkata service to Hasina and in return, she handed over a symbolic ticket of Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati service to him.
Banerjee gave Hasina a symbolic ticket of the Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala service. � PTI