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During the Madhesi agitation in Nepal, border routes including Raxaul-Birgunj were blocked, but rail movement remained unhampered at the Concor operated Himalayan terminal at Birgunj. As a result, Nepali importers now prefer rail over road. According to Vishnu Chaudhary, CEO, Himalayan Terminal, rail traffic has moved up by nearly 32 per cent during the fiscal ending July 2016. The terminal received 713 rakes last fiscal up from 524 in previous year. Of the total, 325 rakes include containerised third party import cargo from Kolkata and Haldia Port, handled by Concor. Containerised cargo increased by 27 per cent, break-bulk by 16 per cent and Iron and steel by 60 per cent.
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