India will construct a four-lane bridge on the river Feni in Tripura's South district to connect Chittagong division of Bangladesh to boost bilateral trade between the two countries, official sources said on Wednesday in Agartala.

The decision to construct the bridge with four-lane facilities was taken in a high level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS), the sources said.

Earlier technocrats of the two neighbouring countries had completed the survey for constructing the 150-metre long bridge and placed their survey reports to the concerned ministries which okayed the proposal.

Approximately 73 crore rupees would be spent to construct the bridge which would be borne by the Tripura government, the sources said.

The central government has agreed to construct a Land Custom Station (LCS) at Sabroom adjacent to the neighbouring country.