Tripura government officials on Wednesday raided a ‘border haat (market)’ at Srinagar in south Tripura after receiving complaints that substandard and expired consumer items were being sold there. They have also taken samples of various perishable items, including fish, for laboratory tests.
The Srinagar-Chhagalnaiya (the latter in Bangladesh) border haat is one of two haats functioning on the zero lines of the International Border with Bangladesh in Tripura. The other is the Kamalasagar-Tarapur border haat in west Tripura.
Border markets typically involve trade in consumables, locally made handicrafts, and garments.
