Nepal is setting its sights on Mumbai as a transit point for third country trade, and has started work to construct a dry port in Dodhara Chandani on the western border with India which offers the shortest route to the sea.

The inland terminal will provide access to India’s largest seaport, Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, and facilitate Nepal's foreign trade and lower costs, officials said. Dodhara Chandani dry port will be the first business gateway to India from Nepal's far west.

The Intermodal Transport Development Committee under the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies has started a study at Mayapuri and Gaurishankar community forests as possible sites for the dry port.

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