India, Feb. 18 -- A state-of-the-art waterways terminal at Assam's Jogighopa, a strategic town on the northern bank of Brahmaputra that will boost trade between India, Bhutan and Bangladesh, was opened by Union shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday. The port is part of the PM Gati Shakti Master Plan.

The terminal, whose foundation was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021, was completed in record time and will be one of the flagship ports of call between India and Bangladesh, a shipping ministry statement said.

Bhutan's commerce minister Lyonpo Namgyal Dorgi also attended Tuesday's launch ceremony.

"The Jogighopa terminal is set to transform connectivity in the region and bolster our trilateral trade with Bhutan and Ba...