Imports from Tatopani, Rasuwa checkpoints resume

Rasuwa: Tatopani and Rasuwa checkpoints have been opened from Thursday. Both checkpoints were closed for more than one month, citing increasing cases of COVID-19.

The borders have been resumed after bilateral agreement in course of a four-day Nepal visit by Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, Li Zhanshu, as well as the decreasing trend of COVID-19 infection.

Information Officer of the Department of Customs, Punya Bikram Khadka informed that with this, seven big containers entered Nepal via the Rasuwa checkpoint this morning and the other seven containers would arrive this evening.

Earlier, 14 big containers used to enter Nepal via the Rasuwa checkpoint daily. Nepal in course of the visit of Chairperson Li had raised voices to open the border points.

During the courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairperson Li assured of facilitating the containers carrying daily essentials and goods for coming festivals.

Chairperson Li arrived in Kathmandu on Monday on a four-day visit to Nepal at the invitation of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota. He returned home today after wrapping up the four-day visit.