The prospects of exporting tea from Tripura to neighbouring Bangladesh has brightened with Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb having taken up the issue with Union Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu, a top official said.
The chief minister has already spoken to the Union minister on the governments plan to export tea through a tea auction centre at Srimangal in Bangladesh, which is only 5 km from Kailashahar in Unakoti district of Tripura, Chairman of Tripura Tea Development Corporation Ltd (TTDC) Santosh Saha said on Tuesday.
 
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has also taken up the matter with Bangladesh government, he said.