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Dry-port Construction at Larcha: Nepal-China Border
By KTM Metro Reporter
December 12, 2012: in May 2012, Nepal and China signed off an agreement on the construction of the dry port at Tatopani: the main customs point between the two countries. The construction of the much-awaited Larcha dry port would start off on December 21. It would facilitate business between Nepal and China, Xinhua: the Chinese state-run news agency quotes a Nepalese official as saying today.
Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce Lalmani Joshi and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Yang Houlan will jointly lay the foundation stone for the construction of the dry port on December 20, nepalnews.com quotes the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies as saying.
The government of Nepal has assigned the Inter-modal Transport Development Board to facilitate all the construction work, and has already acquired 4.2 hectares of land for the construction of the dry port at Larcha whereas the Chinese government has assigned the Beijing Real Estate Group Company to construct it. The Chinese government has a plan on upgrading the road connecting the Chinese side to the Nepalese side at Larcha.
"Under the project, a border inspection building, cargo warehouse and litigation-warehouse will be constructed to ensure that customs clearance is smooth and fast," Xinhua quotes Naindra Prasad Upadhyay an official at the Nepalese ministry, as saying. The dry port would significantly minimize the burden of the Tatopani customs point: the only effective trade point between Nepal and China today.
The project cost is estimated at 86.2 million yuan (about $13.8 million). It includes the construction of a parking lot of accommodating at least 158 big containers and 33 cars.
