Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) In a landmark achievement for India-Nepal rail connectivity, the first-ever direct commercial container freight train, comprising 40 wagons carrying a consignment of canola, completed its journey from Kolkata Port to Biratnagar Customs Yard in Nepal, officials said on Monday. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Chief Public Relations Officer Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said the historic movement marks the operationalisation of the revised India-Nepal Rail Transit Protocol and o…
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Kathmandu, July 21 (IANS) The Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Biratnagar, eastern Nepal, on Monday received its first-ever cargo train carrying industrial raw materials imported from third countries.Since the protocol to the Nepal–India Transit Treaty was amended last year to allow Nepal to use both bulk and container cargo rail services at the Biratnagar ICP, this is the first time that the ICP built with Indian assistance has received a direct cargo train.“A freight train carrying 40 contai…