Head. Locals, people’s representatives and Genji youths have submitted a memorandum to Finance Minister Rameshwor Prasad Khanal, demanding to upgrade the customs office at Bariyarpatti rural municipality-3 of Siraha district.

Shiva Yadav, Santosh Yadav, among others on behalf of Genji Youth handed over the memorandum to Minister Khanal at a programme to honour and hand over land of Lahan-based Ram Kumar Sharada Uma Prasad Murarka Provincial Hospital.

Handing over the memorandum, Genji youth Santosh Yadav said, “The youths of the district including Shiva Yadav have been taking initiatives for the upgradation of the small customs service in Bariyarpatti for a long time. Hopefully, this customs will be upgraded soon. Opening up of the movement of four-wheelers would be of great help to the people and traders of this area. ”

According to the locals, the Bariyarpatti Small Customs Office is located in the central part of Bariyarpatti Bazaar. Hundreds of thousands of people in Siraha district and its surrounding areas have been directly benefited from this customs.

People from Bariyarpatti, Aurahi, Arnama, Nawarajpur, Laxmipur Patari Rural Municipality, Sukhipur, Dhangadhimai, Golbazaar and Lahan municipalities as well as small and big traders have been importing and exporting household goods through this customs.

According to the locals, the customs is of high economic and commercial importance as it is geographically directly connected to Bariyarpatti Bazaar on the Nepali side and Ladaniya Bazaar on the Indian side.

According to the statistics, the customs office had collected Rs 7 million 6 thousand revenue in the last fiscal year 2081/82. The memorandum calls for immediate initiative from the bodies concerned to operate the Bariyarpatti Small Customs Office without shutting down, to upgrade the necessary infrastructures and to make arrangements for the operation of four-wheelers.