Cargo containers, trucks and fuel tankers bound for Nepal have not been able to pass through the Indian border, as agitating activists of Tarai-based parties staged sit-in protests at the no man’s land on the Nepal-India border.Not a single vehicle entered Nepal from Raxaul and Jogbani today, according to chief customs officers of the respective customs points in Nepal.
Mitra Lal Regmi, chief customs officer of the Birgunj Customs Office, a major customs point in the country, said trucks loaded with essential goods and petroleum products were not entering Nepal due to protests along the border. Krishna Basnet, chief customs officer of the Biratnagar Customs Office, also spoke on the same lines.Even the remaining customs points of Nepal saw movement of very few vehicles from India, including Mechi, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj customs offices.
Mitra Lal Regmi, chief customs officer of the Birgunj Customs Office, a major customs point in the country, said trucks loaded with essential goods and petroleum products were not entering Nepal due to protests along the border. Krishna Basnet, chief customs officer of the Biratnagar Customs Office, also spoke on the same lines.Even the remaining customs points of Nepal saw movement of very few vehicles from India, including Mechi, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj customs offices.
