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Highways In Nepal
Nepal is a landlocked country where transportation is difficult due to the mountainous terrain. Modern transportation in Nepal has only started in the 20th century. Railways were the first type of transport introduced in Nepal by the Nepal Railway Company. The first railway line began in 1927 with the length of between Amlekhganj and Raxaul (India). The Government of Nepal has also established many organisations and offices to construct and maintain the roads inside and outside the Kathmandu Valley. The first highway, the Tribhuvan Highway was constructed in November 1952 between Kathmandu and Amlekhganj. The first vehicles ( jeeps) were run on this road by Queen Kanti Rajyalaxmi in December 1953, on the fifth day of her marriage. Trucks could only pass through this road 2 years later, around after 1955. Road The Statistics of National Highway SNH-2020/21 and Provincial Transport Master Plan (PTMP) guidelines clears that the authority of the National Highway of Nepal res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China China–Nepal border, to the north, and India India–Nepal border, to the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a Geography of Nepal, diverse geography, including Terai, fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten List of highest mountains#List, tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and List of cities in Nepal, its largest city. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious, and multi-cultural state, with Nepali language, Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ... it had a population of 1966 people living in 352 individual households. Sirsiya is now known for its Inland Container Depot (ICD) or Dry Port that is very close to the border with India and connected to Raxaul railway junction in India across the border. Sirsiya Inland Container Depot The 6 km long metre gauge railway track from Raxaul was converted to broad gauge by the Indian railways to connect Sirsiya Inland Container Depot (ICD) (also known as Birganj Dry Port) that became fully operational in 2005. It facilitates direct movement of containers and break-bulk cargo from Kolka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lhasa
Lhasa, officially the Chengguan District of Lhasa City, is the inner urban district of Lhasa (city), Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, Southwestern China. Lhasa is the second most populous urban area on the Tibetan Plateau after Xining and, at an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the List of highest large cities, highest cities in the world. The city has been the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces. Toponymy Lhasa literally translates to "place of gods" ( , god; , place) in the Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan language. Chengguan literally translates to "urban gateway" ( zh, s=城关, p=Chéngguān) in the Chinese language. Ancient Tibetan documents and inscriptions demonstrate that the place was called Rasa (), which meant "goat's place", as it was a herding site. The name was changed to Lhasa, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China–Nepal Railway
The China–Nepal Railway ( zh, 中尼铁路; ) is a planned railway between China and Nepal. The railway will link Kathmandu with Shigatse, Tibet, crossing the China–Nepal border at Gyirong– Rasuwa. Background As a landlocked country nestled against the backdrop of the Himalayas, Nepal has traditionally relied on India for its petroleum supplies, most of its medicines, and essential commodities. India has repeatedly leveraged this dependence as a tool of coercion to influence Nepal's domestic affairs and foreign policy. For instance, in 1989, India imposed a blockade by closing 19 of Nepal's 21 border crossings due to a dispute over trade and transit treaties, effectively pressuring Nepal to align with its political agenda. In 2015, Nepal accused India of enforcing another blockade in response to a new constitution, shortly after the country was devastated by a devastating earthquake. This blockade led to severe shortages of crucial medicines and fuel, creating a human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kantipur Publications
Kantipur Publications Pvt. Ltd. () is a media firm based in Kathmandu, Nepal. The company operates five widely circulated print publications. It is the first media organization in Nepal to gain membership to the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN). It was founded by Shyam Goenka in 1993. Kailash Sirohiya is the current chairman of the company while his son, Sambhav Sirohiya, is the managing director. History In February 1993, exactly two years after Nepal's constitution was amended to permit a free press, '' Kantipur'' and '' The Kathmandu Post'' were founded by Shyam Goenka, when he was 29 years old. In fact, he had taken the initiative to start the newspapers, with very limited resources, when just about everybody dismissed his efforts to start a private media house as a bad business move. However, Kantipur defied all naysayers and went on to write a history of its own – perhaps the greatest success story for a corporate in Nepal, post-1990 after Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chobhar, Nepal
Chobhar (or Chovar, or Chobar) is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal and part of Kirtipur Municipality. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ... it had a population of 5,627 living in 1,109 households. Chobhar is known for the nearby Chobhar Gorge where there are the Chobhar caves. There is also a temple, Jal Binayak Temple and Adinath Lokeshwar And Chobhar Hills that is sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus. There are beautiful herbs and suburbs along with limestone adding its more beauty in the town. One of the biggest income generation of this village is through the supply of water and the tourist site Manjushree Park. Chobhar-Terrassenlandschaft-08-2007-gje.jpg, Rice terrasses Chobhar-Taudaha-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khadga Prasad Oli
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (; born 22 February 1952), commonly known as K. P. Sharma Oli or simply K. P. Oli (English pronunciation: , ), is a Nepalese politician who is serving as the prime minister of Nepal since 15 July 2024. Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) since 2014, he previously served as prime minister on two consecutive occasions, from October 2015 to August 2016 and from February 2018 to July 2021. He has been the Federal Parliament of Nepal, Member of Parliament for Jhapa 5 (constituency), Jhapa 5 since 2017. He previously served as an MP for Jhapa 6, Jhapa 2 (constituency), Jhapa 2, and Jhapa 7. Oli opposed 2015 Nepal blockade, India's 2015 blockade of Nepal. He strengthened relations with China as an alternative to Nepal's traditionally close trade ties with India and updated the map of Nepal by constitutional amendment to include India–Nepal border#Border disputes, territories disputed with India, for which he has received so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India–Nepal Border
The India–Nepal border is an Open border, open international boundary running between the republics of India and Nepal. The long border includes the Himalayas, Himalayan territories as well as Indo-Gangetic Plain of the subcontinent. The current Boundary delimitation, border was delimited after the Treaty of Sugauli, Sugauli treaty of 1816 between Nepal and the British Raj. Following Indian independence movement, Indian independence, the prevailing border was recognised as the international border between the Kingdom of Nepal and the Dominion of India. Description The border starts in the west at the western tripoint with China near the Limpuyadhura. It then proceeds to the south-west through the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and then the Gangetic plain, initially overland and then utilising the Mahakali River. Just east of Majhola it turns to the south-east and proceeds in that direction overland, occasionally utilising various rivers and hill crests. North-west of Islampur, Ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jainagar, Bihar
Jainagar (also spelled as Jaynagar) is a town and a notified area of Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. Demographics As of the 2011 India census, Jainagar had a total population of 21,782. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Jainagar had an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 74.04%. Male literacy was 86%, and female literacy was 71%. 16% of the population were under 60 years of age. Description Jaynagar is a border town in the Madhubani district Madhubani district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India, and is a part of Darbhanga division. Its administrative headquarters are located in Madhubani. The district has an area of and has a population of 4,487,379 (as of 20 ... of the Mithila region in Bihar, India. The Jaynagar Railway Station of the town is one of the major terminals in the Samastipur division of the East Central Indian Railway Zone. Shilanath Mahadev Mandir at the out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freight
In transportation, cargo refers to goods transported by land, water or air, while freight refers to its conveyance. In economics, freight refers to goods transported at a freight rate for commercial gain. The term cargo is also used in case of goods in the cold-chain, because the perishable inventory is always in transit towards a final end-use, even when it is held in cold storage or other similar climate-controlled facilities, including warehouses. Multi-modal container units, designed as reusable carriers to facilitate unit load handling of the goods contained, are also referred to as cargo, especially by shipping lines and logistics operators. When empty containers are shipped each unit is documented as a cargo and when goods are stored within, the contents are termed containerized cargo. Similarly, aircraft ULD boxes are also documented as cargo, with an associated packing list of the items contained within. Description Marine Seaport terminals handle a wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgunj
Birgunj () is a metropolitan city in Parsa District in Madhes Pradesh in southern Nepal. It lies south of the capital Kathmandu, attached in the north to Raxaul on the border of the Indian state of Bihar. As an entry point to Nepal from Patna, Birgunj is known as the "Gateway of Nepal". It is also called the "Commercial Capital of Nepal". The town has significant economic importance for Nepal as most of the trade with India is via Birgunj and the Indian town of Raxaul. The Tribhuvan Highway links Birgunj to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. Birgunj was one of the first three municipalities formed during the rule of Prime Minister Mohan Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana. It was declared a Metropolitan City on 22 May 2017 along with Biratnagar and Pokhara. Birgunj is one of the largest cities in Nepal and the largest in Madhesh Province. Birgunj is the fifth most populated metropolis of the nation. Etymology Birgunj was established as a conglomerate of several villages in and around Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
