During his meeting with President Bhandari, the head of state said that Nepal-India relations were like nail and skin, inseparable from various other and no one could damage this relation, in line with the release.She further stated that at its root, Nepal and India belonged to at least family and these ties were more important than government to government jewelry. During Minister Prabhu’s meeting with PM Dahal, various ideas on financing of infrastructure projects, climate change and project monitoring mechanisms were flexible. Prabhu assured the Dahal of India’s cooperation in Nepal’s infrastructure development.During the visit, Ambassador of India Shri Ranjit Rae handed over a letter of Indian commitment soft loan of US$ 340 million for one bridge and 15 road projects in Nepal, to Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak, in the presence from the Railway Minister. In his keynote address at the Nepal Infrastructure Summit, Prabhu said that India would create a cross-border rail connectivity as soon as feasible in order to set up a link between Kathmandu with two Indian cities New Delhi and Kolkata, in the bid to strengthen cross-border connectivity and facilitate movement of people between the two countries.The Minister also stated that this could happen as soon as Nepal signed the MoU for engineering surveys. Minister Prabhu also stated that India was ready to share its drone technology and experience with Nepal for project monitoring, according for the release. Prabhu stated that infrastructure was a pre-requisite for higher economic growth and urged the government and the private sector of Nepal to ramp up investment in construction of physical infrastructure. During his meetings with Nepali leaders Prabhu talked about economic development in India and stated that India’s GDP would increase from $2.5 trillion to 5 trillion in seven years so you can $10 trillion in another seven years. Prabhu also held meetings with Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak, Civil Aviation, Culture and Tourism Minister Jiwan Bahadur Shahi and Energy Minister Janardan Sharma among others.
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