Kanchanpur. So far, 26 percent of the work of the dry port being constructed at Dodhara Chandani has been completed.

The construction period of the much-awaited dry port has been fixed at 30 months. The port will be built at a cost of about Rs 2.37 billion.

The construction of the port started on December 24, 2025, said Anish KC, an engineer of the Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Committee. He expressed the belief that the construction of the project would increase economic activity in the far-western region.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of Nepal and the Government of India on June 1, 2023 for the construction of a port at Gaurishankar Community Forest in Dodhara Chandani Municipality-1. According to the Intermodal Transport Development Committee, the infrastructure including two warehouses, customs check check building, quarantine building, immigration building, security building will be constructed on 42.36 hectares of land to be used for the construction of the port.

A six-lane access road to the dry port on the Nepali side and a four-lane concrete bridge over the Mahakali river have been operationalized. The Indian side is constructing an access road to the port. With the construction of the dry port, the opening of the western border is expected to open the door to the possibility of development in the far west.