The train will run soon from Bathnaha to NCY between India & Nepal | 08 May 2023

Why in News?

On 7 May 2023, Railway Board's Executive Director Traffic Transport Pradeep Kumar Ojha told that operations will be started soon on the rail line constructed from Bathnaha to Jogbani Nepal Custom Yard between India-Nepal, under the Jogbani-Viratnagar cross-border rail link of Bihar's Araria district.

Key Points:

• It is worth mentioning that the meeting of the Eighth Project Steering Committee (PSC) and the Sixth Joint Working Group of the Ministry of External Affairs was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in which it was decided to start the cargo train between Bathnaha and Nepal Custom Yard from May 2023.
• Under Jogbani-Biratnagar Cross Border Rail Link Project, an important rail project connecting India and Nepal, the work of construction of the rail line from Bathnaha to Biratnagar was done by IRCON Company.
• The work from Bathnaha to Nepal Custom Yard has been completed by IRCON, which is engaged in the construction of the rail line.