Tree felling begins for construction of Dodhara Chandani dry port

Mahendranagar, May 5: The work of tree felling has gained momentum for the construction of dry port at Dodhara Chandani Municipality-1 in Kanchanpur. 

   
Engineer at Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Committee, Anish KC informed that the tree felling has been carried out a week ago.   

 
The tree felling task has began for the past one week and so far 500 trees have been cut. A total of 1,593 trees have to be cut for the construction of the port.  

  
According to him, a contract has been awarded to carry out tree felling task at a cost of Rs 4.1 million.    

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of Nepal and the Government of India on June 1, 2023 for the construction of the dry port with the financial and technical support of the government of India. (RSS)