The Tourism department of the state government after a meeting has decided that the Weekend Tourist hub in front of Ujjayanta palace in Agartala will resume again from December 3rd next.

Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury presided over the high-level review meeting to discuss various issues related to the Weekend Tourist Hub at the official chamber of the Minister at Civil Secretariat on Monday afternoon.

Minister  learned in detail from the officials present in the meeting about the pros and cons of the weekend tourist hub since its opening, the public's response from various quarters, the various advantages and disadvantages arising after its opening, traffic congestion control etc.

And looking into various other matters related to it, the minister gave the necessary instructions and suggestions for the near future to the officers present in the meeting.

 In Monday’s meeting, West Tripura District Superintendent of Police (SP) , Kiran Kumar, SP (Traffic) Manik Das, director of Tourism department Tapan Kumar Das, director of Information and Cultural Affairs (ICA) department , Bimbisar Bhattacharjee, additional DM of West Tripura, Subhash Chandra Saha, additional commissioner of AGARTALA Municipal Corporation (AMC), SDM (Sadar) Arup Deb and other officials present in the meeting expressed their opinion on various issues.

After the meeting, it has been decided that the Weekend Tourist hub will again start from December 3rd  and the hub will continue on the second and fourth Saturday of every month and all Sundays of every month. The ICA department will organize cultural programmes and 30 food stalls with different types of foods in 30 vehicles will be present in the weekend tourist hub from AMC.