Nepal Cable TV operators block Indian TV channels

Nepalese Cable TV operators have blocked all Indian channels “indefinitely” in protest against an unofficial “blockade of goods” into the country.

Kathmandu, Nov. 28: Amid the ongoing blockade and protests at the Indo-Nepal border, Indian ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae has said it takes two to tango as far as the anti-India feeling in the country is concerned.

Around 60% of Nepal’s medicine is imported from India, along with large amounts of fuel, food and other supplies.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on Friday took the responsibility of setting the vehicle of an Indian official of the embassy in Kathmandu on fire, saying the people of Nepal are angry as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government did not take the issue of blockade seriously.

“Stop the blockade. Education is our right”, chanted the students.

The Madhesi agitation, over calls for to safeguard their pursuits and extra illustration in the brand new Constituion, close to the border commerce factors has been on for greater than two months now.

Dozens of people have been killed in the protests in Nepal since August.

Indian oil trucks stopped crossing into Nepal because of protests in the south, prompting authorities to try to limit the use of cars and save fuel. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) clarified that India has not imposed any blockade on supplies to Nepal and referred the crisis in the neighbouring country as “political” in nature.

The deadly quake which hit in April this year had a magnitude of 7.8 and tremors were felt in nearby Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.

A total of 17 people also lost their lives on Mount Everest by avalanches triggered by the natural disaster.