Question: A friendship bus service between India and Nepal resumed after a gap of how many years?
(a) 10 Years
(b) 20 Years
(c) 27 Years
(d) 15 Years
Ans (c)
Related facts:
- On 4 January 2016, A friendship bus service between India and Nepal was flagged off via Champawat district in Uttarakhand after a gap of 27 years.
- The resumed bus service has been regularized and will run between Kanchanpur in Nepal close to the Banbasa border in Champawat district and Anand Vihar in New Delhi.
- People travelling in these buses do not require any special documents to travel. These buses are air conditioned and provide free wi-fi connectivity to passengers.
- The service was suspended 27 years ago in the wake of the Indo-Nepal Trade and Transit Treaty.
- This bus service will be mainly used by the people on both sides of the border as they have family as well as trade relations with each other.
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