New Delhi: Raising concern about blockade from Nepal side, government sources claim that 1500 trucks are waiting along the border that are not being allowed to go inside. Sources also denied any the allegations about blockade from the Indian side. 190 trucks with supply had gone to Nepal from Birganj, Rupadiya UP, Jogwani.
India has dismissed suggestions that it has imposed any embargo against the supplies to Nepal. It has maintained that the obstruction was due to protest and unrest in Nepal as Indian companies and transporters fear for their safety and security.
At least 40 people have died in over a month of clashes between police and protesters from the Madhesi and Tharu communities and ethnic minorities. Madhesis are Indian-origin inhabitants of the Terai region bordering India who are opposed to splitting Nepal into seven provinces. New demarcation of boundary for the southern plains, more rights and representation for the Indian-origin Madhesi people are the major demands of the agitating groups.
Meanwhile, Nepal had on Sunday asked India not to "push it to the wall" by choking petroleum and other essential supplies which could compel it to turn to China despite logistical difficulties. Asserting that India had assured Nepal leadership that the situation will be resolved "at the earliest", Nepalese Ambassador Deep Kumar Upadhyay said, "They (India) should give a timeframe. Does it mean hours, weeks or months?"
Nepal is suffering from scarcity of essential goods like fuel and cooking gas due to what it terms as "undeclared blockade" of a key trade point at the border with India by people protesting the controversial newly-promulgated Constitution.
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