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Bangladesh new Deputy High Commission (DHC) office in Chennai
Why is it in news?
- Soon after the elections in Bangladesh, the government will formally give a proposal to India to open a new Deputy High Commission (DHC) office in Chennai.
More in news
- First in south- It will be the first of Bangladesh missions in South India and the sixth diplomatic office of the country in India.
- Indication of growing engagement- The mission proposed is another indication of “growing engagement” between Bangladesh and India.
- Increase in number of Bangladeshi visitors-
- Over the last few years the number of Bangladeshi visitors to Chennai has gone up hugely.
- They are going mainly for medical treatment.
- Indian IT professionals from mainly Bengaluru and Chennai are also going to Bangladesh in large numbers to work.
- So the government [of Bangladesh] has principally approved the plan to open another mission, in Chennai.
- Flight proposed-
- Visitors from south India now visit the DHC in Kolkata or Mumbai for visa and other travel-related requirements.
- In view of the increasing flow of visitors on both sides, the Bangladesh government is also mulling over the idea of a Dhaka-Chennai flight.
- New air routes-
- Bangladesh is also mulling an idea to start a Dhaka-Guwahati flight as traffic has also increased from eastern India.
- Bangladesh missions in the east India-
- Bangladesh has three missions in the east India– one DHC in Kolkata and two Assistant High Commissions in: Guwahati and Agartala.
- Bangladesh has its High Commission in Delhi and a DHC in Mumbai.
Source
The Hindu