PM Modi & Nepalese PM Prachanda Inaugurate UP’s 1st land Port

New Delhi: During their meeting in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ virtually inaugurated Uttar Pradesh’s first land port along the India-Nepal border here on Thursday.

AP Singh, posted as an adviser at the Rupaidiha Land Port by the Land Port Authority of India, on Wednesday had informed that the prime ministers will inaugurate the facility from Delhi at 11.30 am. Singh said the construction of the Rupaidiha Land Port, built on 115 acres of land, has cost about Rs 200 crore.

Singh said the Land Port Authority of India under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, has set up integrated check posts on the country’s international borders for smooth movement of cargo and passenger vehicles.

The cross-border movement of cargo trucks is being facilitated by bringing customs, immigration and other facilities of the two countries under one roof at these centres on both sides of the border, he added.