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India, Nepal begins construction of Integrated Check Post to smoothen regional connectivity

Piyush Goyal, Minister for Commerce and Industry and Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Nepali Minister for Urban Development on Thursday jointly witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark beginning of the construction of Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Nepalgunj. Representative Image Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Rambir Manandhar, Minister of State for Urban Development also witnessed the event along with Dr Ramesh Prasad Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development from Kathmandu. India is building Integrated Check Posts on either sides of Indo-Nepal border to systematize the movement of cross-border cargo trucks between the two countries by bringing customs and immigration facilities under one roof. ICPs at Birgunj and Biratnagar were jointly inaugurated and operationalized in April 2018 and January 2020 respectively by Prime Ministers of India and Nepal. ICP at Nepalgunj, once completed, will have export & import cargo handling facilities such as warehousing, includ...