Modi-Deuba inaugurate India-Nepal passenger rail lin

PM Narendra Modi and visiting Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba jointly flagged off the 1st India-Nepal passenger rail link.

They also launched the RuPay payment card in Nepal and inaugurated the Solu Corridor 132 KV Power transmission line and substation in Nepal.

It is built under the Indian govt’s Line of Credit. This is Deuba’s 1st bilateral visit abroad after becoming PM in July 2021. He visited India in each of his 4 earlier stints as PM, the last one being in 2017.