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Cross-border trade heads towards normalcy as lockdown gets loose

Kathmandu, June 12

Soon after the lockdown in both Nepal and India were loosened, the halted trade between the two countries has resumed.

According to Nepal’s Department of Customs  Director-General, Suman Dahal, there has been an estimated Rs 2.4 billion of business, in comparison to the starting weeks of lockdown that saw the business of Rs 500-600 million per day.

Before the lockdown, the customs points used to see a business of NRs 5 billion a day, Dahal informs.

On Thursday alone, the Biratnagar checkpoint saw numerous load-carrying vehicles ready to enter Nepal from India.

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