Bihar: 350 stranded Nepalese return

MOTIHARI: Altogether 350 Nepalese migrant workers and pilgrims stuck in Raxaul on the Indian side near Indo-Nepal border for the last 55 days following the lockdown returned to Nepal on Wednesday.

After crossing the integrated checkpost at Raxaul in East Champaran district , they were received by Parsa district officials at Birgunj and were also welcomed by Nepal police officers and people in general.

Raxaul SDM Amit Kumar said that the returnees have been quarantined at Raxaul in different centres.

The Nepalese who returned are residents of Parsa, Bara , Rautahat and Narayanghat districts of south Nepal and they were anxious to reach home. They had blocked the Raxaul road on Tuesday and raised slogans against the Nepal government.

Immigration officer Ajay Kumar Pankaj at Raxaul said, “We were waiting for no objection for their return from the Nepal government which was received on Wednesday.”