date:May 28, 2019
The north-eastern state of Tripura shares an 856-km border with Bangladesh. Most of this is fenced off except in a few patches in Sepahijala and Dhalai districts. Tripura exported its first consignment of queen pineapple to neighbouring Bangladeshs Comilla district through Srimantapur Land Custom Station (LCS) last week.
As the Tripura government puts an emphasis on local produce, the queen pineapple one of the three varieties of the tropical fruit grown in the state has got maximum attention