Is there any possibility of bilateral trade getting routed through the Birgunj ICD?
We are very hopeful of it. The mandatory meeting between the two countries to review the rail services agreement will be held shortly and the details of the participation in bilateral trade will come for discussion. The economic blockade by the Maoist rebels has hit you in past few days. Isn’t it? Yes. The disturbed political situation in this country has really been a matter of grave concern to us. All our efforts to step up the throughput will fail if the political situation continues to be unstable. The Maoists have made it clear that their writ runs everywhere. There were reports that they might even attack the ICD. Fortunately that did not happen. But we are really worried. While the rake movement to and from the ICD and the operation within was maintained during the period of economic blockade, the goods unloaded from the containers could not be transported out of the ICD as the truck movement remained suspended. As a result, the warehouses were choc-a-bloc with cargo. As a cumul
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