India, Bangladesh, Nepal in Talks to Implement BBIN MVA

15 October 2017

The Government of India has taken steps to implement the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA), coordinating with the Governments of Bangladesh and Nepal through the Ministry of External Affairs to enforce the transport agreement between and among themselves, reported Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, and Shipping Minister, India.

The countries have ongoing bilateral transport arrangements. The Transport Minister noted bus services between India and Bangladesh, including Agartala-Dhaka, Kolkata-Dhaka, Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka and Kolkata-Agartala via Dhaka; and India and Nepal, including Delhi-Kathmandu, Varanasi-Kathmandu, Delhi-Mahendranagar, Delhi-Pokhra. More proposals for bus linkages are underway through Kathmandu-Bodhgaya, Janakpur-Patna, and Dehradun-Mahendranagar routes.

The BBIN MVA, signed on 15 June 2015, is a landmark framework agreement that will allow a seamless flow of passenger, personal, and cargo vehicular traffic in the BBIN subregion, promising to increase trade and people-to-people connectivity among and between the four countries.

The Government of Bhutan had earlier given consent for Bangladesh, India, and Nepal to proceed with early implementation of the BBIN MVA. A statement by Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on 13 October 2017 said it is up to the next government and parliament to pursue the BBIN MVA ratification in Bhutan, while reiterating the government’s belief that BBIN MVA implementation would benefit the country.

Related Links:

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) of the Government of Bangladesh is set to open National Single Window...

Read More


Bhutan will build the Gelephu Smart City Project in the Gelephu Special Administrative Region (SAR) to facilitate more...

Read More


Mr. Shakti Bahadur Basnet, Nepal Minister for Energy, inaugurated on 11 December 2023 the Kushma-Butwal power transmission line...

Read More


The Government of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for the ...

Read More


The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $336.5 million loan financing under the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility...

Read More


The King of Bhutan, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, paid an official visit to India on 3-10...

Read More


Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Akhaura-Agartala railway link during an...

Read More