11 Electric Vehicles Unclaimed at Rasuwa Timure Customs After Flood Damage

Rasuwa. Eleven electric vehicles, on which customs duty has not been paid, have become unclaimed at the Rasuwa Timure Customs after being damaged by a flood. The vehicles worth 8 crore 86 lakh 90 thousand rupees, which were buried in the floodwaters of the Lendhe River on 082 Ashad 24, have been left unclaimed in Timure for a year. The importer, CG Motors, has not shown interest in taking these vehicles as they are unsaleable due to damage. The market price of ten Xpeng G6 brand vehicles is 8 crore 49 lakh 90 thousand rupees. According to Chandi Raj Gelal, Deputy Subba at the Rasuwa Customs Office, the importer has to pay customs duty of about 40 percent of the market price, which is 3 crore 39 lakh rupees. One EV van worth 37 lakh rupees is also unclaimed. According to him, the vehicles were left in the state they were in during the flood because insurance claims need to be made. Gelal said that since the importer has not given the government the right to auction them, they have not been able to manage them either. 'After the importer writes a letter to the government stating that this happened due to a natural disaster, we will bring in a mechanical engineer to assess the damage. Then we will proceed with the auction process. However, nothing like that has happened,' he said.

The flood had damaged imported vehicles and goods worth a total of 70 crore 51 lakh 69 thousand rupees. Fifty-six electric and petroleum vehicles were swept away in the flood. The estimated value of these vehicles is 47 crore 12 lakh 82 thousand rupees. Among these, CG Motors has the largest number of vehicles, with 40 vehicles worth 33 crore 3 lakh 62 thousand rupees. Among these, there are 30 vehicles worth 24 crore 53 lakh 72 thousand rupees.