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Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday said that the state government has sent a proposal to Bangladesh government for allotting land to further extend the runway of Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport located just on the border. “The airport here in Tripura is located just on the border and so the passengers of Bangladesh can also take advantage of it,” the CM said while addressing the media in Agartala. They can benefit from MBB Airport if we can build a long runway,” said the CM. “We have requested for a piece of land, less than 1 km inside the neighbouring border, to build an extended runway. For the expansion and modernisation of the MBB airport to international standards by providing world-class facilities with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken a Rs 438 crore project..