Tatopani border point not fully reopened for a month
लगानी न्यूज
Kathmandu. Tatopani border point has not come into full operation. Import and export via Tatopani border point have come to a standstill due to the obstruction of the road.
The Barhabise-Kodari road section has not come into operation for the past 26 days due to road obstruction.TAG_OPEN_div_46 The total length of the Barhabise-Kodari section is 26 kilometers. The road connectivity between the two countries has been disrupted after a landslide occurred on July 14 at Kodari (Eco) area of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2. This route is an international trade route connecting Nepal and China.
The Araniko Highway has been obstructed at Daklang since July 19 and near Liping bazaar since August 19 due to rain.TAG_OPEN_div_44 Import and export through Tatopani customs have come to a complete halt not only in Nepal but goods stuck on the Chinese side of the warehouse and on the road have also not been able to enter Nepal. Landslides at Kodari, Daklang and other places along the Araniko Highway have not stopped yet.
Customs Officer Dipendra Prakash Giri said that the government has set a target of collecting Rs 25.25 billion revenue for the current fiscal year.TAG_OPEN_div_42 “The road continues to be blocked. No work has been carried out from the customs,” Chief Customs Officer Giri said, adding, “It has been difficult not only for trade between the two countries but also for movement of people.” The Tatopani dry port at Larcha of Bhotekoshi is under the rock, causing landslides from above.
According to the Customs Office, containers carrying fruits like apple, garlic and other industrial goods have been stranded in cities including Sigarche, Lhasa and Nyalam in China due to the road blockade.TAG_OPEN_div_40 Goods worth more than Rs 20 billion have been stranded in 500 containers on the Chinese side and 46 containers on the Nepali side on Kodari.
Buddha Raj Basnet, president of Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that traders trading through Tatopani border point are facing a big problem.TAG_OPEN_div_38 Along with the entrepreneurs, 640 workers and 300 workers working in transport and customs have also lost their jobs. Trade associations including Sindhupalchowk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nepal Trans-Himalayan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, through a press release, urged the government to open the northern border point.
Imports of readymade clothes, heavy equipment of hydropower projects, agricultural implements, bags, shoes, slippers, stationery, furniture, toys, fruits, make-up materials, seeds, electric vehicles, computer parts, industrial raw materials and other goods are imported from Tatopani.TAG_OPEN_div_36
“Most of the consumer goods found in the Nepali market are imported from China,” said Ram Chandra Parajuli, general secretary of the Himalayan Trans-border Chamber of Commerce and Industry.TAG_OPEN_div_34 Entrepreneurs have been hit hard by this. He said that many businessmen have been facing problems every year, which has led to financial collapse.
Although the size of the import trade is large on the eve of the festival, this problem arises every year due to road blockage. Last year too, goods imported for Dashain and Tihar could not enter Nepal due to road obstruction at the same place from June to September.
Division Office’s Charikot chief Ee Narayan Dutta Bhandari said the landslides have made it difficult to travel to the district due to landslides like Daklang, Ghattekhola and Eco.TAG_OPEN_div_30
Pasang TAG_OPEN_div_28 Nurpu Sherpa, chairperson of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, said that they have been facing problems as the project has not been started on time despite receiving Chinese grant to control the landslide.
“How to control landslides? “There is no possibility of road construction by the machines and employees deputed by the Road Division Office, Charikot,” he said. On the submerged land is the village of Kodari Thami. There are 60 families living there. The more the land sinks, the more the settlements are at risk. The submerged mud is washed away by the Bhotekoshi river. Panthali village is also above the landslide of Charkilo. There are more than 50 houses. There is a risk that the village will be washed away by the tremors of big machines. There is no place to build a road from the bottom. Trade between the two countries has been hampered due to landslides that occur every year during the rainy season.
“Entrepreneurs are facing problems due to the problem of mud flowing away the road as soon as it starts raining,” said Kumar Shrestha, ward chairman of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-2. ”
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