A total of 58 cargo vehicles, including 32 tankers with petroleum products, entered Nepal till Monday evening from the Biratnagar border, as per Biratnagar customs office.According to the customs chief, Krishna Basnet, Biratnagar-Jogbani border point has resumed after 12 days of blockade following an agreement between Nepali and Indian customs offices.
The India imposed blockade has left over a hundred petroleum tankers and several hundred cargo vehicles stranded at Jogbani, the Indian side of the border, for the past 12 days.
On Sunday night, the police thrashed leaders of agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) and chased them away from the border point, where they have been holding their protests with the intention to block vehicles carrying supplies from India.
The cadres of UDMF are unhappy with some provisions in the recently promulgated Constitution of Nepal, and they have warned to continue their agitations until those provisions are amended.
Raj Kumar Yadav, Dhanusha district chair of Federal Socialist Forum Nepal, told Republica that the high-handedness of police will only compel them to intensify their protests.
Rambilash Yadav and Bhuraj Rai, who were arrested by the police on Sunday night, have been released on Monday, as per the police.
Likewise, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) of Siligudi, India had filled five Nepali tankers with diesel and another with aviation fuel. These tankers are expected to enter Nepal by Tuesday morning, Nepali authorities informed.
No vehicle carrying petrol and kerosene has entered Nepal via Kakadbhitta border checkpoints, informed Deputy Superintendent of Police Shyam Krishna Adhikari of Kakadbhitta.
A total of 128 cargo trucks, 16 of them from third counties, entered Nepal via Kakadbhitta border on Monday alone, according to chief of Mechi customs office, Bhimprasad Adhikari.
Similarly, five tankers of diesel and two LPG bullets entered the country through Nepalgunj border. Thirteen vehicles carrying goods other than petroleum products were also allowed to enter Nepal through the border point, as per the area police office of Jamunaha.
Meanwhile, there was a tension for a while at the Indo-Nepal border at Belahiya on Monday after cadres of agitating UDMF pelted stones at the police.
Thirty-five tankers from Nepal have reached the depot of IOC in Baitalpur, India on Monday for fuel.
"Till Monday at 1 pm, 37 vehicles laden with supplies entered Nepal via Belahiya border," said custom officer Rabindra Pyakurel of Bhairahwa customs office.
The entry of vehicles has turned the leaders and cadres of agitating Madhesi parties irate. The protesters had attacked the police with slingshots. Nine policemen, including DSP Rameshwar Karki, were injured in the incident.
Although there is no security problem at the Nepal side of the border, Indian authorities have been allowing only a limited number of cargoes into Nepal showing concerns over the security, informed Bishnu Prasad Dhakal, chief district officer of Rupandehi. He added that he has already conveyed the information to the Home Ministry.
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