Landlocked Nepal mulls using Dhamra port in Odisha IANS New Delhi: Improving connectivity will be the focus for India and the landlocked Nepal, which needs to access ports to boost its trade activities. “India and Nepal must establish a workable mechanism that focuses solely on matters of connectivity– promoting highway, railway and air linkages among others in a systematic fashion. Planning for a five to 15 year horizon is imperative,” Bhaskar Koirala, Director of the Nepal Institute of International and Strategic Studies told India Narrative. Koirala added that it cannot be business as usual for the two countries. “Governments must abandon business as usual attitude, instead give priority to crafting a set of policies that are based on a fresh set of ideas, bearing in mind that a sound economic recovery for Nepal would no doubt revolve around a practical and efficient conjoining of self-sufficiency (by boosting domestic production and consumption) with robust engagement to the external environment,” he said.