Imports from Tatopani, Rasuwa check points resume

Tatopani and Rasuwa checkpoints have been open since yesterday. Both checkpoints were closed for more than one month, citing increasing cases of COVID-19.

It is said that the borders have been resumed after bilateral agreement in course of a four-day Nepal visit of 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 Department of Customs, Punya Bikram Khadka told RSS that with this, seven big containers have entered Nepal via the Rasuwa check point this morning and the other seven containers would arrive by 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 here 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.