Sipahijala (Tripura) [India], Fed up with repeated losses due to arbitrary police checks at the Assam-Tripura border checkpost, Tripura bamboo handicraft manufacturers are considering taking legal action against the state police for compensation, Speaking exclusively to ANI, Manoj Kumar Debnath, secretary, Tripura Bamboo-Based Handicrafts Manufacturers and Suppliers Association, said that bamboo-based product manufacturing units are facing serious losses due to unscientific police checks at the state borders in the last five to six months. According to Debnath, sending consignments by road has now become a common practice. This is a compulsion because other transport modes, be it post offices, railways and airways, charge higher prices for delivery of goods. Moreover, the road network is almost omnipresent throughout the country unlike airports and railway stations “By road, transportation through lorries is the best possible mode for us. We have been using this transportation mode for a long time.Over the last four to five years, we have been facing new problems. At the Churabari check point located on the borders of Assam and Tripura, the police break into our sealed cartons, ultimately causing huge damage to most of the delicate and delicate bamboo handicraft products -Long queues of trucks form at the check post location as the police takes them without Does not allow investigation to be done. Sometimes, lorries are stopped midway in areas like Teliamura, similarly, cartoons are thrown out from the lorries, causing serious damage to our products. Debnath also said that buyers refuse to pay for broken products after the consignments arrive, Debnath told ANI. “Some buyers refuse to accept damaged products, while most refuse to pay for products that were found inside.“There is a very uncertain situation when the cartons are finally opened after reaching the destination,” said Debnath, after a truck carrying bamboo-products was seized with a huge quantity of ganja in December. Police investigation started on a large scale, he said they will find out what are the legal options against Tripura Police if the situation continues, Debnath said, “We have informed the state chief minister, the director of our department, They have submitted detailed letters to other officials about their problems, but have not received any positive response. If the government fails to address our issues, we have no other option but to go to court against the police. We would have filed the case earlier but we waited for the elections to be over. Our committee will meet soon and a final decision will be taken in this regard. In the last four-five months, 15 to 20 bamboo entrepreneurs of Tripura have suffered a loss of four to five crore rupees. A copy of the letter submitted by the bamboo handicrafts body to higher officials revealed that a total of 25,000 to 30,000 artisans are employed in the units owned by the members of this association.