Nepali Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi are all set to inaugurate the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar border today, i.e., January 21, 2020.
The two Prime Ministers will officially open the check post through video conferencing at 11 A.M.
The check post has been built incorporation with India in a bid to ease the cargo trade and movement of people between two countries.
Key Points of ICP:
Integrated Check Post (ICP) Biratnagar is the second ICP on the Nepali border and the first one was built at the Raxaul-Birgunj border.
Apart from this, both the Prime Ministers will talk on the progress of the ‘post-earthquake reconstruction housing project’ in Nepal.
Earlier, Modi Government has agreed upon providing USD 1 billion for the reconstruction of 50,000 houses in the Gorkha and Nuwakot districts of Nepal. So far, 45,000 houses have been rebuilt.