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Nepal because of the insecurity as the Terai part of Nepal was facing strikes from the period before the Nepal's new constitution was declared. Some reports also came in Nepali media that the Madheshi protesters were sitting on Indian land and throwing stones at Nepal. The government of Nepal was also unable to convey the true message to the International communities about the problem in Nepal at a time when some Nepali scholars were asking the government to Internationalize the issue, as India had moved back from the Nepal India friendship treaty and violated the various International trade, transit and commerce laws. While in Kathmandu, the government had asked for International help to solve the fuel crisis, which was hitting daily Nepalese life very hard. Nepal government started selling firewood in Kathmandu because there were acute shortage of cooking gas (liquified petroleum gas), causing households to resort to buying electrical induction cookers. As Nepal faced big energy problems and power cuts, using induction cookers would not be a permanent alternative to cooking gas.
368:(LPG), kerosene from the state oil corporation, despite standing in line for days. The government of Nepal had imposed a rule to provide fuel to the public as well as private transportation on the basis of odd and even number plate system. Although this system was imposed, the taxi drivers and private vehicle owners faced huge problems, as they had to wait their vehicles in line for two-three days or more, but still often did not get their required fuel. A black market arose, with individuals bringing fuel from the border points with India and selling it in Kathmandu and other places for threefold prices. For instance, before the Madhesi blockade, a price of a liter of petrol in Kathmandu was 104 rupees, whereas after the blockade, the public was forced to buy petrol from the black marketeers paying 300 to 450 rupees for a liter. 797: 578: 610:. Despite police actions, the protesters managed to return and continue the blockade. Protesters attacked a Nepalese police station with petrol bombs and stones. In retaliation, the police opened fire, killing one person, Ashish Kumar Ram, who was later identified as an Indian citizen, which raised concerns over involvement of Indians in the Madhesh protests. Six Nepalese police officers were injured in the attack and more than 25 protesters and civilians were injured. Since then, a curfew has been imposed in 922: 158: 908: 300: 80: 860: 372:
only one country for petroleum imports. The common Nepalese were hopeful to get fuel from the northern neighbor. The other Nepal-China border point, Tatopani in Sindhupalchowk district, was not functional after the Nepal earthquake 2015 because of serious damages and obstructions. China had also donated 1.3 million liters of petrol to Nepal after the fuel crisis through the Kerung border point.
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almost completely ignored by all Western and Indian media; they don't have the backing of India nor Kathmandu. Nevertheless, India perceives FLSC as a pro-Nepal force. FLSC has also accused Kathmandu of use of excessive brutal police forces just as the Madhesi parties have. KP Oli, Nepal's PM, issued a statement from
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and various other individuals dissatisfied with the Indian Prime Minister. Some reports claimed that as soon as Modi arrived back in Delhi, he ordered an assessment of the power that the Nepali people have in Great Britain and other places overseas On 17 November, the "Non-Resident Nepali Association
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The Nepal government has accused India of unofficially backing this protest by slowing or stopping traffic from crossing the border into Nepal completely. However, India has maintained that Nepal's failure to draft an inclusive Constitution is responsible for the unrest. It has also been pointed out
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on the Nepalese side of the border. The SSB denied this, stating that the shooting took place in the Indian territory facing Nepal's Haripur village. The SSB also claimed that the people shot at were smuggling prohibited materials, and attacked its personnel when stopped. Nepalese government quickly
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The Nepali government spoke of airlifting fuel and essential supplies when the talk with the Indian side was not fruitful. India repeatedly stated the issue lay with the Madheshi people, claiming they were the ones blocking the border points and disrupting supplies. The Indian trucks could not go to
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pointed out that India had sent 4,310 trucks to the border, where they had been stranded. He argued that from there onwards, it was Nepal's responsibility to ensure that the trucks entered Nepal safely. On the other hand, it is reported that the vehicles weren't allowed to enter Nepal by the Indian
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The government of Nepal failed to ease this fuel crisis and could not bring petroleum from China on time, although it signed an agreement to buy one third of Nepal's petroleum requirement from their northern neighbor. This agreement was seen as a cornerstone for Nepal to end the full dependency on
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reporter stood by his or her original report restating, "these amendments/changes were communicated by New Delhi to Kathmandu". According to commentator Amitava Mukherjee, personnel from the Indian Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) "confirmed that at least till the third week of September, they had orders
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In 2016, during Oli's visit to China, the two countries signed a treaty on trade and transit, including a plan to build a high speed railway from Kathmandu to the Chinese border. In June 2018, Nepal and China agreed on construction of the railway as a component of a series of cooperation projects
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reiterated his "concern over the obstruction of essential supplies on the Nepal-India border. Acute shortages in fuel supplies continue to impede planned deliveries to earthquake-affected villages in Nepal," said spokesman Stephane Dujarric. "The Secretary-General underlines Nepal's right of free
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stated that the border obstructions were a result of "unrest, protests, and demonstrations on the Nepalese side, by sections of their population." The Government of Nepal contested India's claim, stating that there were no major security concerns that would prevent the trucks from entering Nepal.
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location and extremely basic and fragile infrastructure depends on India for almost all its import needs. In 1989, India had closed 19 of the 21 border crossings, after a dispute over renegotiation of lapsed trade and transit treaties between the two countries. Nepal's increasing cooperation with
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The hashtag was used by Nepalese around the world to accuse India of interfering in the country's internal matters. During September–December 2015, more than 6,750 tweets have been created in Twitter with this hashtag. When news of the blockage of shipments reached the government, Kathmandu sent
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India and Nepal seemed to have worked out their differences with passage of a constitutional amendment by Nepal, but Madhesi leaders remained defiant, along with other movements of separatists/autonomists. Nevertheless, Madhesis were the only movement with state support from India, but prominent
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for the entire time the Madhesis have been active doing the same; their demands overlap Madhesh demands and territories of states, both demands cannot be reconciled geographically. Madhesi parties have refrained from direct confrontation with FLSC. FLSC and the Mongoloid voice of the nation been
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has followed with a warning echoing US embassy statements about the looming humanitarian disaster, citing 3 million children at risk of disease and death in Nepal alone. On a separate note, while governments focus on immediate needs and politics, misanthropes take advantage of the situation, in
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The Nepal oil corporation is the only state-owned company that imports and distributes petroleum in Nepal. It does not have enough facilities to store petroleum for even a few weeks use. The fuel shortage caused the public to be angry due to not getting products like petrol, diesel, cooking gas
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and chemical fertilizer shortage, improper seeds from post-quake international donations not suited to climate account for some 10% of the expected crop (half of the crop failure), however due to the fuel crisis the figure is expected to worsen sharply as machinery and fertilizer are affected,
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On 29 March 2016, panic buying caused by worries about another fuel blockade hit Kathmandu, where long lines of motorists formed. The prime minister had just returned from a visit to China with a number of agreements signed that will reduce long term dependence on India. Nepal Oil Corporation
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additional armed-police forces to the border. Many leaders of various parties claimed India had infiltrated the Madhesh with Indian protesters, and Madheshi leaders refuted the infiltration allegations, stating that the Madheshis should not be mistaken for Biharis or other Indians.
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signed an agreement to import fuel from China, the first fuel agreement ever between the two nations. China also pledged to donate 1,300,000 L (290,000 imp gal; 340,000 US gal) of fuel to Nepal. Nepal is planning to import a third of its fuel from China.
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that do not respect borders, some 90 percent of raw and packaging materials usually enter from Birgunj customs point (India). People have resorted to illegal imports of medicines from India, putting patients at risk. The most acute shortages of medicines in Kathmandu are for
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at the northwest frontier of Nepal within India's territory. Kalapani had been included in Nepalese territory ever since the Sugauli Sandhi with British India Company and for almost a century prior to that. Once again, conspiracy theories give rise to disaffection.
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USA" protested against what they refer to as the Indian Government's so-called "economic blockade of Nepal" in front of United Nations Headquarters in New York. Also on 30 November, another branch of the same "non-resident Nepali" group protested in front of
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Nearly all sectors of the economy have taken a severe hit, from tourism to transport to domestic factories to agriculture. The once vigorous construction industry had already come to a standstill before the blockade due to quake fears, new enforcement of
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The blockade has caused the only international airport to deny foreign carriers fuel, contributing to isolating the landlocked nation from the outside world at a time when the country is still reeling from ongoing landslides blocking border trade with
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them. 66 members of Nepal's 598-strong Constituent Assembly, belonging to these groups, abstained from voting in protest. By 20 September, more than 40 people had been killed in clashes between the protesters and the police. There were also
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approved by the two sides. A mutual agreement over the pre-feasibility study was reached in August 2018. The railway has been viewed as a way to reduce Nepal's dependence on India, which was made apparent during the 2015 Nepal blockade.
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manpower is limited due to mass overseas migration of young males, disproportionately leaving elderly and children behind to tend to farms. To provide heat, people have been increasing turning to electric heaters, causing increasing
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side thus resulting in long queues of Nepalese trucks stranded for days Inside the Indian border. The Indian Oil Corporation reportedly refused to fill the Nepalese trucks following instructions from higher authorities.
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enter from India on a normal day, but this dwindled to a sporadic passage of 5–10 fuel trucks daily during the crisis, though shipments of perishables like fruits and vegetables had generally been allowed to pass.
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for not allowing the majority of trucks to enter Nepal. The unofficial "Indian Blockade" forced Nepalese to ride bicycles or resort to carpooling, and many also turned to electric vehicles, with demand for
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by India that the “blockade” is taking place on Nepal's side of the border, where protestors have attacked Indian drivers who were trying to transport food and facilitate trade between the two neighbors.
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In spite of an apparent agreement hashed out between India and Nepal, Madhesis stated their demands were still not met. Madhesi protesters have stepped up attacks against Nepali media outlets, with a
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Nepal's spokesperson Laxmi Prasad Dhakal argued that the Madheshi protests had been happening since past few months, and Indian trucks had been entering Nepal until 23 September without any problems.
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as his personal envoy to discuss the concerns. The government of Nepal and the Nepalese media portrayed Madhesi movements as subversively backed by Indian infiltrators, and as an assault on their
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The Government of India denied imposing a blockade, stating that the truck drivers coming from India were not entering Nepal due to safety concerns resulting from the violent protests. India's
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More than 3 million children under the age of 5 in Nepal are at risk of death or disease during the harsh winter months due to a severe shortage of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines.
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and taxis, for a few days at the beginning so as to distribute the fuel to government and prioritized sector use. As a result, some 2,000 factories were shut down by 1 October. The
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Delegation to South Asia, stated the unofficial 'blockade' at the Nepalese border only serves to hurt the Nepalese people who are still recovering from the devastating earthquakes
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shouted anti-India slogans to protest the fuel shortage. Nepal Cable Television Association blocked 42 Indian channels in protest against unofficial blockade into the country.
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By all accounts, Jaishankar was uncouth, brash and imperial in his behaviour towards Nepal's politicians. It left no doubt in anybody's mind that the orders had come from the
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campaign against alleged "intervention" by India in Nepal's internal affairs, accusing it of having caused the 2015 Nepal blockade of Nepal. The blockade was caused by
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at 10 Downing Street, London during his visit on 12 November 2015. The demonstrators included ex-military families (the so-called "Gurkha Regiment" and "non-Gurkhas"),
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reported normal fuel shipments but, even one and a half months after the embargo was lifted, domestic diesel and cooking gas deliveries have not returned to normal.
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youths at the border. According to Nepali officials, the youths were trying to bring food and fertilizer into Nepal, and the shooting took place at Bhantabari,
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party opined, "The new generation of Nepalese can go without fuel for months but we are not ready to bend before India." Similarly, Nepalese political analyst
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Nepalese political analyst Amit Dhakal stated, "Even a child can make out that it is a deliberate blockade." Kishor Bikram Malla, a student leader of the
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wanting to install radio stations along the border. In Nepal there is the view that the Madhesi protestors are being used as a proxy for Indian actions.
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descent, also Madhesis, have clashed with the Madhesi parties seeking their own separate state different from Madhesi parties in the Western Terai zone.
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There is no gas, no vegetable supplies, no fuel for vehicles, no fuel for airlines, and life is about frozen. We don't want this type of friendship.
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India had expressed concerns over the violent protests, and had asked Nepal to take Madhesi interests into consideration. The Indian prime minister
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newspaper reported that India had demanded specific changes to the new Nepali constitution. While the Indian government denied this claim, the
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between Kathmandu and New Delhi, a major humanitarian crisis has erupted at a time when international agencies are stretched very thin due to
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transit, as a landlocked nation as well as for humanitarian reasons, and calls on all sides to lift the obstructions without further delay."
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who were blocking vehicles from entering Nepal. Around 5,000 protesters were involved. Nepalese police shot and killed three protesters at
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triggered by Indian concern about changes to the Nepali constitution, violent ethnic conflict, and Nepal's increasing cooperation with
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India officially may not call it a blockade. But it smells like a blockade, it feels like a blockade and sounds like a blockade.
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On 21 November, Nepalese police clashed with protesters led by Samyukta Loktantrik Madhesi Morcha (SLMM) in the district of
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We failed to create pressure on the government by blocking border points, we only caused suffering to ordinary people.
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between Nepal and India, citizens of both countries can move freely, work, and live across borders without passports.
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media van torched on 28 December. India has also been stepping up its control of information in late December, with
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no longer about the Madhes and the constitution, but rather that India also seems to be opposed to KP Oli replacing
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as prime minister, and has a whole host of demands on security and other issues that we haven’t even heard about.
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and that violence from across the border could spill over to Bihar. There were also speculations that India's
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on electricity transmission and supply, with some 530 transformers having already exploded as of December.
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The hashtag was used again in 2019 when the Nepalese discovered that India included the 35 km
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responded with 1 million rupees in compensation to 4 victims' families dispensed within 2 days.
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production was already forecast to shrink by 18-20 percent due to several factors. The poor
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the blockade had been done by the Madheshi people and that India had nothing to do with it.
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The Nepali government decided to stop providing fuel to private automobiles, including
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region, curtailing Terai business but otherwise not affecting the rest of the country.
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to act tough. Otherwise, Jaishankar is too sophisticated to resort to such things.
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criticized the Nepali media reports blaming the blockade on India. Its President
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such as high blood pressure, diabetes, anesthesia, injectable antibiotics, and
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Indian man killed by police during violent clash in Birgunj,Nepal (Live Video)
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Nepalese residing in the UK demonstrated against the Indian Prime Minister
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As issue of post-quake vulnerability became lost in the increasingly vocal
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Madhesi leader, Mahato, has backed down as of 4 February 2016.
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On 2 November, Nepalese police moved in to clear out the protesters in
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Topographic map of Nepal, showing mountain, hill and plains regions
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Moreover, India had also been stopping some Nepalese trucks at the
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2015–2016 Nepal humanitarian crisis § International reactions
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citizens moving along the border had long been an issue straining
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was using its support to the Madhesi cause to win votes in Bihar.
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Nepal Blockade: A Humanitarian Crisis amidst Diplomatic Kerfuffle
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protestors in Nepal who were dissatisfied with the newly adopted
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Shortages of bottled gas caused a fuel crisis during the blockade
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was passed in Nepal's Constituent Assembly. Two ethnic groups —
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officially denied Nepal's accusations. India's spokesperson
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CPN (UML) has however denied any statement by the then PM
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Nepal's Divisive New Constitution: An Existential Crisis
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Nepal in Transition: From People's War to Fragile Peace
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On 24 September, the day that the fuel blockade began,
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Indian government block border between Nepal and India
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Chaturvedy, Rajeev Ranjan; Malone, David M. (2012),
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Index

India's blockade of Nepal, 2015

lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

economic
humanitarian crisis
Nepal
India
blockade
China
Madheshi
landlocked nation
fuel trucks
Kolkata harbour


Constitution of Nepal
Madhesi people
Tharu people
marginalized
bandhs
Terai
Narendra Modi
Sushil Koirala
S. Jaishankar
sovereignty
Indian Express
upcoming elections in Bihar

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