Shutting doors, Indian Embassy in Biratnagar moves back to pavilion from August 1

Kathmandu, July 25: Elongating the need to deep root its base of friendship in the neighboring country Nepal, the Biratnagar Camp Office of the Embassy of India will be shut down and relocated. Making an announced to shut down its camp office in Biratnagar of Morang district, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu confirmed that the camp will close with effect from August 1.

 

The Indian Embassy in its statement on Monday stated that all services including issuance of motor vehicle permits, registration certificates for Indian nationals, and attestation of documents, among other miscellaneous services (birth/death registrations) being rendered by the Biratnagar-based camp office of Indian Embassy will cease with effect from 1st August.

 

The embassy has urged the service seekers to contact its office in Kathmandu for any services that were provided by the Biratnagar office.

The camp office in Biratnagar was opened in 2008 to deal with the situation arising out of devastating Koshi floods. The purpose of this Camp Office has been fulfilled and Government of India had decided to wind up the Camp Office and re-locate the personnel. The decision was conveyed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Nepalese counterpart K.P.Sharma Oli during his visit to Nepal in May this year.

It was in 2008, Nepal allowed India to set up a temporary field office to issue passes for vehicles to tier Indian roads in the nearby regions after a 17 km stretch of the East-West highway was damaged due to Koshi floods.

The office initially was set up in Sunsari. It was later shifted to Biratnagar. Currently, it is located at Malaya Road on the Koshi Highway.