BAHRAICH: As many as 426 people, including five women, stranded in Bahraich district of India, waiting to return home.
They are currently staying at five quarantine centers in Bahraich district, bordering Nepal.
Nepalis moved to Bahraich following the easing of lockdown so that they could return to their country through Nanpara border check-post, who were working in different parts of India.
On reaching Bahraich, the district administration had got their medical examination done and kept them at quarantine centers. None has been found infected with coronavirus so far, Indian Express reported.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Nanpara), Ram Asrey Verma said that they have sent a list of the stranded Nepalis to the officials of Banke district in Nepal, seeking their permission to send them back.
Verma said, “We have come to know that Banke district administration has forwarded the list to the Nepal government for permission. We have been informed that the Nepal government has not issued any order to the Banke administration allowing the return of Nepalis to their country.
Bahraich District Magistrate Shambhu Kumar said that they have exchanged notes with their counterparts in Banke district of Nepal sharing details of the stranded people on both sides of the international border.
“We are sending daily reports to the state government on Nepalis kept in quarantine. On the basis of directions issued by the government, the next course of action will be taken,” the DM added.
From Maharajganj, 310 Nepalese have been allowed to cross the border after they completed 14-day quarantine. None of them had tested positive for Covid-19.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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