ICP BIRATNAGAR GETS OPERATIONAL
Maritime Gateway|March 2020
ICP Biratnagar will significantly cut down the time and cost for importing from India and third world countries
ICP BIRATNAGAR GETS OPERATIONAL

This new year has brought in a very important reason for the Nepal trade to cheer as the second most important integrated check post (ICP) at Biratnagar has become fully operational in February. Following official handover of the ICP to Nepal by the Indian government, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the ICP by pressing a switch from their respective offices in Kathmandu and New Delhi. The check post has been constructed at an estimated cost of `2.1 billion. The construction work was initiated in 2016 after the Nepal government handed over the required land to the Indian authority.

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