Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service commences today
Updated: Nov 25, 2014 10:45:56am
New Delhi, Nov 25 (KNN) Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari today flagged off the Delhi-Kathmandu-Delhi bus service from the DTC Bus Terminal at Ambedkar Stadium.
The move will result in closer regional economic cooperation and integration through enhanced regional connectivity by allowing movement of goods and passengers in the region through road transport, an official release said.
Earlier, the Cabinet approved the signing of bilateral agreement for the regulation of passenger traffic between India and Nepal on the sidelines of the forthcoming SAARC Summit in Kathmandu.
The Cabinet has also authorized the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to sign similar bilateral agreements and protocols with other SAARC member states. The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, also approved the signing and ratifying the SAARC Motor Vehicles Agreement at the Summit.
The SAARC Transport Ministers, at their second meeting in Colombo on 25 July 2009, approved the recommendations of Inter-Governmental Group on Transport (IGGT) to set up an Expert Group to negotiate and finalize the text of the draft Regional Agreement on Motor Vehicles for SAARC Member States.
The Expert Group on the SAARC Motor Vehicles Agreement, in its third meeting held at Neemrana (Rajasthan) on 7-8 September this year, considered and finalized the draft text of the agreement which was endorsed in the Fifth meeting of the SAARC IGGT held on 30th September in New Delhi attended by delegations from all Member States except Maldives.
This Agreement provides for the member states allowing the vehicles of other member states to ply in their territory for transportation of cargo and passengers subject to various terms and conditions in the agreement and obtaining permits for such transport from the member states as per procedure and protocols prescribed in the agreement. (KNN/ES)
The move will result in closer regional economic cooperation and integration through enhanced regional connectivity by allowing movement of goods and passengers in the region through road transport, an official release said.
Earlier, the Cabinet approved the signing of bilateral agreement for the regulation of passenger traffic between India and Nepal on the sidelines of the forthcoming SAARC Summit in Kathmandu.
The Cabinet has also authorized the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to sign similar bilateral agreements and protocols with other SAARC member states. The Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, also approved the signing and ratifying the SAARC Motor Vehicles Agreement at the Summit.
The SAARC Transport Ministers, at their second meeting in Colombo on 25 July 2009, approved the recommendations of Inter-Governmental Group on Transport (IGGT) to set up an Expert Group to negotiate and finalize the text of the draft Regional Agreement on Motor Vehicles for SAARC Member States.
The Expert Group on the SAARC Motor Vehicles Agreement, in its third meeting held at Neemrana (Rajasthan) on 7-8 September this year, considered and finalized the draft text of the agreement which was endorsed in the Fifth meeting of the SAARC IGGT held on 30th September in New Delhi attended by delegations from all Member States except Maldives.
This Agreement provides for the member states allowing the vehicles of other member states to ply in their territory for transportation of cargo and passengers subject to various terms and conditions in the agreement and obtaining permits for such transport from the member states as per procedure and protocols prescribed in the agreement. (KNN/ES)
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