Kathmandu, Mar. 23
Kailasha Terminals JV (a joint venture of Bindabasini
Logistics Pvt. Ltd. of Nepal, and TRS Lift and Shift Services Pvt. Ltd and APJ
Shipping Limited) has won the contract to operate the Integrated Check Post
(ICP) in Birgunj along the Nepal-India border.
Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB)
informed in a statement on Thursday that the company's proposal stood the best
among the five competing for the operation of the ICP – Highway-Atlas-EFC JV,
Kathmandu, Pristine Interstate JV, New Delhi, India, TransNepal Freight
Services Pvt. Ltd., Biratnagar, SS Terminals JV, Kathmandu and Kailasha
Terminals JV, Kathmandu.
The ICP has been running under the management of NITDB
since its launch in April 2018. The Board – an agency under the Ministry of
Industry, Commerce and Supplies, has called for an international bidding to
operate the facility on July 27, 2022.
Kailasha Terminals JV has formed a new company, TRS
Himalayan Logipark Pvt. Ltd., to manage the ICP.
Representative of the company Madhav Prasad Baral and
Deputy Director of NITDB, Hare Krishna Mishra signed the contract to handover
the operation and management of the ICP for the next five years.
Executive Director of the NITDB and representatives of
the Board and TRS Himalayan were present on the occasion. The company will
manage the ICP from April 1, 2023. It will pay minimum Rs. 1.89 billion to the
NITDB.
In case the number of vehicles went up in the future,
the company would have to pay additional fee to the Board.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 24 March 2023.
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