April 2: Janakpur Customs Office Janakpurdham is finding it tough to meet its revenue collection target in the current fiscal year.  The customs office has collected only 45 percent revenue of its annual target in the eight months of the current fiscal year.

If the rate of the revenue collection remains the same, the customs office will find it hard to meet its target in the next four months. 

Janakpur Customs Office has set the target to collect 495 million in revenue in the current fiscal year. “But, the customs office has collected only Rs 221 million in revenue in the eight months,” said Keshavraj Oli, Chief of the Customs Office. 

The customs office had collected Rs 227 million in revenue against its target of 485 million last fiscal year. Restrictions have been placed on border points to optimize revenue collection. However, goods and commodities are found to have been imported avoiding tax at night. 

Non-operation of the freight train has dealt a blow to the revenue collection, according to Oli. He estimated that revenue might increase if a freight train was operated.