LANDCUSTOMS STATIONS

Notified vide Notification 63/94 dated 21-11-1994

The Indian Customs border check-post of Banbasa was created on 01.11.1958 and its jurisdiction was spread over two tehsils, namely Khatima and Champawat of the then Nainital and Almora districts respectively, of erstwhile Uttar Pradesh. This LCS had also been looking after the Central Excise work of this area which has been taken back from this unit w.e.f. 01.04.1970, and now it is functioning only as Land Customs Station. The nearest city of Nepal is Mahendra Nagar which is about 08 Km from the Customs check-post. The road connecting Banbasa (India) with Mahendra Nagar (Nepal) passes through the Sharda Barrage, Banbasa which was built in 1928 by the then British Government. Currently, the vehicular movement through this barrage is restricted, in three ways. i) vehicles having total load of upto 10 MTs only, are allowed to pass, ii) movement of vehicles is allowed only for seven hours a day i.e. from 06.00 to 08.00 hrs., 10.00 to 12.00 hrs., 14.00 to 16.00 hrs. and 18.00 to 19.00 hrs. iii) Because the road in the barrage is too narrow, only one way movement of four wheeled vehicles is allowed at a time. This LCS is EDI enabled from 21.05.2018 to facilitate Customs clearances.