Kathmandu, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government of Nepal has approved a land swap agreement between its Consulate General in Kolkata and the Indian Railway Development Corporation Limited to facilitate the construction of the Kolkata Metro's Purple Line project. Nepal’s Minister for Communication and Information Technology and government spokesperson, Jagadish Kharel, said on Friday that a cabinet meeting has approved the exchange of 409.53 square metres of land owned by the Consulate General of Nepal in Kolkata with 526.34 square metres of land owned by the Indian Railway Development Corporation Limited.

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