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Presentation from Nepal UNESCAP_Kazakhstan, Dec 2017

Aman Chitrakar Devi Prasad Sharma

TIMELINE

• 1927: Raxaul Amlekhgunj Railway construction

started and was in operation till 1970 AD

• 1937: Feb 16 Jaynagar‐Janakpur‐Bijalpura 51 km

came into operation but in the year 2000 due to washout of Bigi Bridge, the service remained limited only to Janakpur (29km)

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Initiatives

• 2006: Nepal signed Trans Asian Railways (TAR) Agreement
• 2008: East West Electrified Railway Project Office Established.
• 2009: Feasibility study of East‐West(945km), Kathmandu ‐

Pokhara(187km), Anbukhaireni‐Bharatpur link(72km) completed.

• 2010 : MoU between GOI and GON signed for cross border

railway connectivity at 5 different locations.

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Contd,

• 2011 : In June 15 Department of Railways established.
• 2012 :Feasibility study of KTM Valley MRT completed
• 2013 : Detailed Project Report of Simara‐Bardibas and

Birgunj link completed (136km)

• 2014 : Construction Began for track bed, RUB and ROB

in Bardibas‐Lalbandi section

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Nepal became a member of Trans Asian Railways (TAR) GoN signed on 10 November, 2006 Ratification on 6 March, 2012

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National Plan of Railroad

China India

Railway length as per Feasibility Study Report (2008)

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Section Length (km)

MechI-Mahakali 945 Kathmandu-Pokhara 187 Anbukhaireni-Tamsaria 72 Simra-Birgunj 33 Butwal –Bhairhwa-Lumbini 44 Kohalpur - Nepalgunj 14 Itahari-Biratnagar 22

Total 1317

Cross Border Railway Project Progress

• 1. Jaynagar‐ Janakpu‐Bardibas ( 69km)
• 80% of Earthwork and Culverts completed, 50% of Bridge

works complete, Station Building works are underway in Jaynagar‐Janakpur Section,

• 65% of Earthwork and Culverts completed, 20% of Bridge

works complete, Station Building works are underway in Janakpur‐Bijalpura Section

• Construction of Staff’s quarters are in progress
• Recently started with Track laying work

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Cross border Railway Projects

Contd.

• 2. Bathnaha‐Jobbani‐Biratnagar (5+13km)
• Track bed, bridge and culvert works in progress.
• Station Building and staff’s quarters in progress.

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• Towards implementation of the consensus reached by the

leaders of China and Nepal, a delegation team comprising

• f members from National Railway Administration (NRA) of

PRC and other related agencies of China, visited Nepal from 6‐10 Nov 2017.

• During this visit, the NRA delegation held meetings with

the Secretary and the Senior Officials of Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT)and Department of Railways in Nepal.

• The delegation team also conducted some field survey.

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Progress Achieved till date

• DPR Preparation :
• Bardibas‐Butwal – 300 km, Simara‐Birgunj 28 km, Butawal –

Lumbini 44 km completed.

• Bardibas‐Kakarvitta including Itahari Biratnagar Link (262 km)

completed.

• Butwal ‐Mahakali Section (412km) is underway.
• Feasibility Study of Nijgadh‐Hetauda‐Bharatpur completed in

Sep 2016 and Kathmandu‐Birgunj is under evaluation process

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• Construction:

(East‐West Railway)

• Construction of Trackbed, RUB and Bridges in the 30 km

section of East West Railway (Bardibas‐Lalbandi) are ongoing

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Construction Works in Cross Border Links

Jaynagar Station

Construction Works in Cross Border Links

STATION BUILDING AT JAYNAGAR

Construction Works in Cross Border Links

Construction Works in East West Railway

Railway Bridge

Construction Works in East West Railway

Embankment Filling

Construction Works in East West Railway

Slope Compaction

Construction Works in East West Railway

Bio-Engineering

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Freight Service component

• Operated under India‐Nepal Rail Service

Agreement.

• Rail service between Kolkata/Haldia(India)‐

Birganj(Nepal) via Raxaul(India) inter‐change

• This 5 km long Broad Gauge rail service is

connected with ICD of Nepal.

• Out of 5 km long only about 800 m is in Nepal.
• Agreement prevail Transit Traffic to and from

Birganj ICD(Nepal) and Kolkata/Haldia (India) and Visakhapatnam (India).

Contd..

• Open timing, without any published schedules
• There is no passenger service on this section.
• Railway receipt is the transport documents for

carriage of goods issued from Kolkata.

• Transit Customs procedure and specific

documents are mention on annexure of agreement.

• Duty secured bond and /or a bank guarantee

required.

Contd..

• One time lock provision on all Export and

Import container.

• Preparation of CTD automation and electronic

exchange of documents is going on.

• HTPL is working as TMC at ICD Birganj.
• Total service of last three year,

Year No of TEUS Break bulk cargo 2016‐17 25733 962035 MT. 2015‐16 36604 1150671 MT 2014‐15 22104 682862 MT

Import Procedure

Export Produre

Nepal Custom Procedure

Authorize Customs Agent or Representative Declare electronically with Invoice, B/L, CTD, Packing list, Insurance, L/C or payment documents, CO

Authorize Customs Agent or Representative Declare electronically with Invoice, B/L, CTD, Packing list, Insurance, L/C or payment documents, CO

Custom Office Customs Office Verification and Assessment Payment of Duty Get pass by Customs for Exit Verify by HTPL for release Cargo Documents from shipping agent, Documents from CONCOR, Customs House Paper and Nepal Customs paper/ Get Pass.

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Thank You !