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Government Starts Exploring New Seaport for Third-Country Trade

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Government Starts Exploring New Seaport for Third-Country Trade
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July 14: Government authorities have started discussions about the possible use of Dhamra seaport of Orissa for third-country trade. Officials consider this seaport strategically viable than Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam, which Nepal has just started using. Dharma Port is 503.9 kilometers near than Visakhapatnam Port. However, official talks are yet to take place.

According to spokesperson at the Ministry of Commerce, Ravi Shankar Sainju, Nepal’s Ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhyay has asked the government to explore new avenues for third-country trade. He has given emphasis to Dhamra Port, informed Sainju.

“We haven’t started written correspondence though. We are discussing it at the ministerial level about the possibility of using the particular seaport in the future,” he said.

Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has been reportedly telling Ambassador Upadhyay that Nepal can make the best use of Dhamra Port. Pradhan represents Orissa’s Deugadh in the Indian parliament.

Ambassador Upadhyay has time and again reminded officials of the ministry to consider the possible user of the seaport.

Nepal has been using Kolkata’s seaport since a long time for overseas trade. Nepal has just started using Visakhapatnam seaport since June 24. Shipping companies from Visakhapatnam deliver goods directly to Birgunj Dry Port in Nepal reducing the cost factor to a great extent. However, the seaport is 1430.5 km from Nepal’s border while Dhamra Port is 926.6 km away.

Dhamra Port, which came into operation in 2011, has all the facilities that Visakhapatnam has. Nepal had decided to diversify its base for third-country trade in 2009 and had considered Visakhapatnam as an alternate option since then. But it took eight years to practically implement the idea. Nepal didn’t pay any attention to other alternative that came into existence in between the time period. 

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