The prime ministers inaugurated the facility from Delhi at 11.30 am
Bahraich (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ virtually inaugurated Uttar Pradesh’s first land port along the India-Nepal border here on Thursday, June 1, officials said a report in the Tribune, Chandigarh, says .
AP Singh, posted as an adviser at the Rupaidiha Land Port by the Land Port Authority of India, on Wednesday said the Land Port Authority of India, which comes under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, has set up integrated checkposts on the country’s international borders for smooth movement of cargo and passenger vehicles.
The cross-border movement of cargo trucks is being facilitated by bringing customs, immigration and other facilities of the two countries under one roof at these centres on both sides of the border, he added.
Singh said the construction of the Rupaidiha Land Port, built on 115 acres of land, has cost about Rs 200 crore.
As for the bilateral talks, Nepalese Foreign Minister N P Saud, who is part of Prachanda’s delegation, said a wide range of matters, including trade, transit, connectivity, and border issues will figure in the discussions..
One of the key priority areas would be to further deepen the power sector cooperation through new initiatives across the entire spectrum of cooperation, they said, as per PTI’s report.
The India-Nepal joint vision statement on power sector cooperation of April last year is considered a milestone and Nepal has been exporting over 450 MW of electricity to India.
Nepal is an important country for New Delhi as the country shares a border of over 1,850 km with five Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
The land-locked nation relies heavily on India for the transportation of goods and services. Nepal’s access to the sea is through India, and it imports a predominant proportion of its requirements from and through India.
The India-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 forms the bedrock of the special relations between the two countries. On Friday morning, the Nepalese Prime Minister will travel to Indore and will leave for Kathmandu the next day.
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