For the first time a cargo truck from Bangladesh reached New Delhi today as part of a trial run under the Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA). The agreement was signed in June last year in Thimphu to facilitate cross border movement of both passenger and cargo vehicles in the sub-region. An official release said, the trial run was organized to help develop the protocols for implementing the Agreement. <br/><br/>The cargo vehicle started its journey from Dhaka and reached at Petrapole on 28th August and Kolkata on 29th August, 2016. In India, it travelled through West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi travelling more than 1850 kms to reach the Custom Depot at Patparganj in the national capital today. <br/><br/>Vivek Johari, Chief Commissioner Customs, Delhi welcomed the truck and customs formalities were completed. The truck was issued an E-permit for the trial run through an online web based system. This will help establish a customer friendly process acceptable to and recognized by all BBIN countries. The consignment did not have to undergo any customs clearance at the border.