INDIA NEPAL REVIEW WORK

A Nepal-India coordination meeting held in Kathmandu recently, reviewed progress on pending issues for construction of the Two Rail Line Projects: Jogbani to Biratnagar and Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas.A meeting was held on Friday in the presence of Secretary of Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Tulsi Prasad Sitaula and other officials from Nepal and representative of Indian Embassy and Ircon International Ltd from the Indian side.According to the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, the meeting was fruitful. The meeting was informed that 70 per cent of earthwork and bridgework had been completed on the available land on the Jogbani-Biratnagar link and 30 percent on the Jayanagar-Bijalpur link.The meeting also noted there had been long delay due to non-availability of land in Biratnagar, Janakpur and Bardibas. The Nepali side has assured that land required for the project, including for Biratnagar station, Janakpur and Bardibas would be acquired and handed over to IRCON at the earliest to expedite work in both sectors.NEPAL VS INDAI