Officials from Nepal and India met 1 May to talk about a long-overdue rail agreement, but failed to find a way to get the rail-link between Raxaul and the new Inland Container Depot at Birganj operational. The ICD at Birganj, built with a World Bank loan, was completed early last year, but Nepal has been unable to use the facility due to delays in getting the rail agreement finalised. The two sides decided to keep talking.