Nepal blockade ends, trucks carrying essential supplies from India enter country

PTI reports that interacting with media persons at his office in Kathmandu, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae said that India has not imposed any embargo on the movement of goods and the obstructions were caused by the unrest in the country.

Thapa has also been taking initiatives to arrange meetings with Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.

Many Nepalese, however, have accused India of blocking supplies to show its disapproval of the document.

Chinese airline China Southern suspended flights to Kathmandu for Tuesday until October 10 after officials in Nepal said they could no longer provide refuelling for global flights.

Deepak Baral, an NOC spokesperson, told BBC Nepali that the state-owned fuel supplier was “exploring the possibility” of flying in fuel from a “neighbouring country”.

Conceding that ties with Nepal have seen strains reflected “partially on Indian diplomacy”, he regretted that the growing unease was being witnessed despite two visits by the Prime Minister himself to the Himalayan nation.

New Delhi has denied the accusations and urged Nepal to defuse tensions over the constitution in its southern plains.

Referring to protests in Nepal and the blockade of supplies on the border, he said “spillover of this angst and dissatisfaction is good for neither country”.

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.