NITDB interacts with stakeholders

 Kathmandu, Mar. 10

Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) has updated the freight-forwarders, traders and other relevant businesses about the services and facilities available at the domestic terminal of the Chobhar Dry Port in Kathmandu and service charges for those provisions.

It organised an interaction programme with the private sector, local governments and security agencies on Friday regarding the operation of the domestic terminal within the dry port complex.

The port was developed by the NITDB, an agency under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS).

Representatives of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Kirtipur Municipality, Kathmandu Valley Traffic Office, Lalitpur Metropolitan City and city police, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association, Federation of Nepali National Transport Entrepreneurs and Nepal Truck Container Transport Service participated in the interaction.

The NITDB informed the concerned representatives about the services and facilities available at the Chobhar Dry Port and the service charges to be paid by the customer for using the services available at the facility.

Executive Director of NITDB, Ashish Gajurel provided information about the methods of internal terminal usage, vehicle parking management, labour management and cargo insurance.

Vice Chairman of the Urban Planning Commission of Kathmandu Metropolis, Engineer Tapendra Bahadur Khadka and Superintendent of Police of the Valley Traffic Office, Abi Narayan Kafle, pledged their support in barring the vehicles entering the Kathmandu Valley from parking and unloading goods on the roadside and promoting the use of domestic terminal at the Chobhar Dry Port for the same. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 11 March 2023.