India facilitated the transit of fertilizer export to Nepal from Bangladesh via Rohanpur-Singhabad rail route to foster sub-regional connectivity and sub-regional cooperation recently, revealed the Indian High Commision of Dhaka.
In 1976, Bangladesh and Nepal signed an agreement which legislates the transit of export commodity from Bangladesh to Nepal and import from other countries to Nepal. The exports are then transported via Indian Territory as ‘’traffic-in-transit.” Bangladesh has this transit facility from India exclusively for exports and overland trade with Nepal.
Traffic-in-transit is transported mainly via two India-Bangladesh railway crossing points: Rohanpur (Bangladesh)–Singhabad (India) and Birol (Bangladesh)-Radhikapur (India) railway route.
Every year Bangladesh exports a good amount of fertilizer to Nepal. This year the first train loaded with export fertilizer to Nepal was handed over by Bangladesh Railways to Indian Railways on February 3.
Currently, the railway transit is set to send around 27000 MT of fertilizer to Nepal. Sources reveal that there’s also another plan to export 25000 MT of fertilizer to Nepal in the next consignment.
The countries involved are hopeful that these steps will be beneficial in strengthening regional cooperation and will enhance economic growth.
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