Birganj Inland Dry Port () is Nepal's first

dry port A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport, operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations. In addition to their role in ...

constructed in 2000 AD by

Nepal Government Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. In 2001 AD. ownership of dryport transferred to NITDB. NITDB awarded HTPL the contract to operate and manage the Inland Clearance Depot in

Sirsiya Sirsiya is a village development committee in Parsa District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 1966 people living in 352 individual households. Sirsiya is now known for its Inl ...

Birganj Birgunj ( ne, वीरगञ्ज) is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhesh Province of southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul in the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry ...

. The dryport came in operation from 16 July 2004. The dryport covers an area of 38 hectares including customs office, four shed houses, terminal buildings, weighing bridges, two banks, six lines for train contgainer yard. 1586 containers can be managed at a time. The dryport is connected by

Train In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and Passenger train, transport people or Rail freight transport, freight. Trains are typically pul ...

owned by

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

which connects the dryport to

Raxaul Raxaul is a sub-divisional town in the East Champaran district of the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated at the India-Nepal border with Birgunj city (Nepal). Raxaul is a major railway junction. The Indian border town of Raxaul has become one ...

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Offices in Dryport

* Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB) *Custom Office - Dryport * Himalayan Terminal Pvt Ltd (Port Operator Company) *Intermodal Logistic *Custom agent office *

Nepal Police Nepal Police is the national and primary law enforcement agency of Nepal. It is primarily responsible for maintaining law and order, prevention of crime and crime investigation within the jurisdiction determined by the Constitution of Nepal. ...

* Banks #

Kumari Bank Limited Kumari Bank Limited is one of the leading commercial banks in Nepal. Its head office is located in Tangal, Kathmandu. The current CEO of Kumari Bank Limited is Mr. Ram Chandra Khanal. Kumari Bank Limited came into existence as the fifteenth comm ...

, Dryport Branch #

Everest Bank Limited Everest Bank Limited is the Commercial Bank of Nepal. Which is joint venture of Punjab National Bank Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Delhi. The bank was founded in May 1894 and is ...

, ICD Branch

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Dry ports Madhesh Province Transport infrastructure in Nepal 2004 establishments in Nepal Ports and harbours of Nepal {{Nepal-stub

Offices in Dryport

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