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Railway link between Kathmandu and Raxaul
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- India has agreed to build strategic railway link between Raxaul in Bihar and Kathmandu in Nepal to facilitate people-to-people (P2P) contact and bulk movement of goods.
- The new electrified rail line will be financed by India.
- There are three other railway projects in pipeline between the two countries viz. Nautanwa- Bhairahawa, New Jalpaiguri-Kakarbhitta and Nepalgunj Road-Nepalgunj.
- The proposed railway line comes nearly two years after China in March 2016, agreed to construct strategic railway link with Nepal through Tibet.
- China aims to reduce landlocked Nepal’s dependence on India for transit connectivity.
- China and Nepal have recently also signed a transit treaty which also comes years after sense of mistrust that had prevailed.
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