LPAI plans 7 new integrated land ports, 5 in Siliguri Corridor
Times of India | 22 June 2026
Kolkata: The Land Ports Authority of India is planning to set up seven more integrated land ports along Bengal’s border with Bangladesh over the next five to six years, with the majority concentrated in the strategically vital Siliguri Corridor, LPAI chairman Jayant Singh disclosed during a visit to Kolkata last week.
Bengal currently has only one integrated land port, at Petrapole. The new facilities are planned at Ghojadanga, Madhavpara, Hili, Birpara, Jalgao, Panitanki and Chamurchi, with five of the seven located in the Siliguri Corridor.
Singh said the Ghojadanga port in North 24 Parganas would be the first to come up, and that he would approach CM Suvendu Adhikari for its inauguration.
Each land port requires around 50 acres, and Singh said land has already been secured in some locations. The facilities will include customs, immigration bureau, parking, food courts, shopping centres and BSF infrastructure.
Singh expressed optimism that once the new ports are fully operational, India-Bangladesh bilateral trade via the land route could rise to ten times current levels.
India currently has 15 integrated land ports, of which Bengal has one. Singh said the national plan envisions over 80 such ports by 2047.