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India, Nepal discuss commencement of Janakpur-Ayodhya cross-border railway service

New Delhi, March 4 (UNI) India and Nepal discussed procedures to begin operations of the cross-border passenger railway service from Janakpur in Nepal to Ayodhya in India, as well as other railway links.
This was decided during the Ninth Project Steering Committee (PSC) and the Seventh Joint Working Group (JWG) meetings from February 27-28, held in New Delhi, to review implementation of ongoing cross-border railway links and overall bilateral cooperation in the railway sector.
The Indian delegation was led by Rohit Rathish, Joint Secretary (DPA-III), Ministry of External Affairs and the JWG by Pradeep Ojha, Executive Director (Traffic Transportation-Freight), Ministry of Railways; the Nepali side was led by Sushil Babu Dhakal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, for both meetings, a statement said.
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