When the road was blocked due to the echo, the Tatopani crossing was closed and the businessmen were waiting for the road to open. After getting stuck in the border area, the businessmen started bringing hot water through porters by spending up to 50,000 rupees per container.
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With the road blocked on Monday at Kodari (Eco) of Kodari Highway being opened on Sunday, the northern section of Tatopani has become operational from Sunday. According to Buddharaj Basnet, president of Sindhupalchok Industry and Commerce Association, who is currently working in the field, containers have started entering after five days with the opening of Tatopani crossing.
"Even though the work started on Friday, the checkpoint was opened on Sunday, the stopped containers started entering, but today it started raining again, there is fear that the checkpoint will be closed due to landslides," he said.
When the road was blocked due to the echo, the Tatopani crossing was closed and the businessmen were waiting for the road to open. After getting stranded in the border area, the businessmen started bringing hot water through porters by spending up to 50,000 rupees per container. Amit Shrestha from the Charikot road division office said that it was difficult to repair and rebuild the road that was washed away due to rain.
After almost three weeks, it just opened Tatopani crossing lasted for four days. At that time, 50/60 containers of fruits and preparations for festivals entered Nepal, while 30/35 empty containers entered China from there. Currently, 14/1500 containers are parked in expensive warehouse parking in Lhasa, Sigatse, Nyalam, China. On the other hand, 6/7 hundred containers are stored in Kerung. More than a dozen container leaping and Kodari markets have come to a standstill due to the echo landslide . During this period, the businessmen suffered losses due to rotting of fruits worth lakhs. Even before, fruit and garlic started rotting in containers and were carried by porters, due to the road, the checkpoint was not easy,' said businessman Sharda Prasad Parajuli.
