According to the Inter Modal Transport Development Committee Birganj, the movement of container and loose cargo trains has increased in the last fiscal year compared to the previous year.
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Amidst the decline in import-export trade and the economic activity has yet to catch up, it has been seen that the movement of freight trains through the Sirsia dry port has increased in the last financial year.
According to the data of the Inter-modal Transport Development Committee Birgunj office, compared to the previous year, it has been seen that the movement of container trains and trains carrying loose cargo has increased in the last year. There has been a general decline in the movement of BRN railway racks carrying bagged cargo and iron products.
During the last year, 8 hundred and 5 trains carrying containers from different ports of India arrived at this port or came. Of which there were 69,686 cargo containers. In the previous fiscal year, container trains arrived at the port 672 times. which carried 59 thousand 178 containers. In the last year, 214 times, railway racks carrying sacked cargo goods came to this port. Who brought 483 thousand 665 tons of bagged cargo. In the previous year, 243 BCN racks brought 540,330 tons of bagged cargo.
In the last year, 76 BRN or iron carrying racks brought one lakh 83 thousand 383 tons of iron. In the previous year, 77 BRN racks had brought 183 thousand 129 tons of iron ore. Last year, 152 loose cargo rail racks carried 568 thousand 513 tons of loose cargo. In the previous year, 111 loose cargo rail racks carried 4 lakh 5 thousand 472 tons of loose cargo. Coal is the main item of loose cargo.
Birgunj office head of Intermodal Transport Development Committee Kamal Gyawali says that the increase in the movement of containers for import and export of goods from third countries is a good sign even in the midst of economic recession. Hari Prasad Gautam, President of Birgunj Industry and Commerce Association, says that since transportation by rail is relatively cheap and easy, if the rail transportation service can be made cheaper in the port to increase the import and export with third countries, then the traffic of the train in the port can increase even more.
