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India and Nepal person held discussions connected cross-border railway links, including rider bid services connected the Janakpur-Ayodhya section, and bilateral practice successful the sector, an authoritative connection said.
The discussions betwixt the 2 countries were portion of the 10th Project Steering Committee and the 8th Joint Working Group meetings held present connected June 11 and 12, the Indian Embassy successful Kathmandu said connected Friday (June 12, 2026).
The modular operating procedures for the commencement of rider bid services connected the Janakpur-Ayodhya conception was 1 of the absorption points during the engagement betwixt the 2 sides.
Nepal’s Janakpur — believed to beryllium the birthplace of Lord Ram’s woman Sita — is 220 kms southeast of Kathmandu and astir 500-odd km eastbound of Ayodhya and devotees from some sides sojourn the 2 places regularly successful ample numbers.
The meetings besides discussed the Final Location Survey (FLS) study of Raxaul-Kathmandu wide gauge railway link; the implementation of the Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas and Jogbani-Biratnagar broad-gauge railway lines being developed with Indian assistance, the Embassy connection said.
Technical enactment for the East-West Railway Link — that connects the confederate Terai districts of the Himalayan federation — was besides portion of the two-day discussion, it said.
