India opens road track to gain access to dry port in Kanchanpur

BEDKOT: India has opened a road track to gain access to the dry port in Dodhara Chadani Municipality-1 of Kanchanpur district. The road track has been opened up to Nepali border by felling around 2,000 trees in Indian territory. Mayor of Dodhara Chadani Municipality, Kishor Limbu, shared that the Indian side has opened the track up to Nepal-India border from the national highway based in bordering Chakkarpur market. "The Indian side has opened the track after clearing the forest in its territory," Limbu informed, adding that the opening of the track to Nepali border has been completed. The four-lane track of about four kilometres (km) has established connectivity between Chakarpur of Champawat district of Uttarakhand, India and Gadigoth in Nepal. It may be noted that a contract amounting to Rs 2 billion was awarded six months ago for the construction of the access road. As per the contract, the access road construction should be completed within one-and-a-half years of the signing. The next task is the blacktopping of the road. The route will connect trade and transport services between Nepal and India. [caption id="attachment_33523" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal inspects the proposed dry port in Dodhara Chandani Municipality of Kanchanpur district, on Monday, February 13, 2023. Photo: RSS[/caption] Preparation is underway to establish a dry port in Dodhara Chadani municipality-1. The dry port construction has been in publicity for the past two decades. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal observed the construction site two months ago on February 13. Meanwhile, PM Dahal had expressed his commitment to sign a memorandum of understanding  (MoU) with India to complete the dry port construction in three years. Executive Director at Inter Model Transport Development Committee, Ashish Gajurel said India has agreed to construct all structures from dry port to integrated check post. 'An understanding has already been reached to develop the structures on behalf of India. The task of environmental impact assessment (EIA) is in the final stage', he informed. Groundwork is being made to sign an agreement of understanding (AoU) for the dry port in the course of PM Dahal's upcoming visit to India Around 280 bighas of land in Mayapuri and Gaurishanker community forests will be used to construct the project. A four-lane motorable bridge has been constructed over Mahakali River for the dry port. Likewise, the access road (8km) from Gaddachauki to Dodhara Chadani-1, Malayria Nala has been completed. The construction of dry port in Dodhara Chadani will directly connect Sudurapschim with India for trade. In addition, it will facilitate easy access to the Indian capital New Delhi and the industrial city, Rudrapur. READ ALSO:

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