Morning Star.png Nepalis Clear Border Barriers The Morning Star, London, 6 February 2016 Vital goods began flowing into Nepal at the main border crossing with India yesterday after frustrated locals cleared barriers set up by Madhesi nationalists. The border traffic was the first sign of an easing of the severe shortages of fuel, medicine and other goods in the Himalayan nation since the blockade and a general strike in the south started late last year. Police official Hobindra Bogati said residents and business owners removed tents and bamboo poles that were blocking the border at Birgunj, about 100 miles south of Kathmandu, allowing several lorries and other vehicles to cross. The local businesses and traders had been left without work for months and had been pleading with the protesters to end their blockade. Madhesi protesters are demanding a revision of the boundaries of the seven states defined in Nepal's secular, republican constitution adopted in September last year so that they do not divide their regions on the southern plains. Blockade, violence Indian border officials have for months blocked goods lorries from crossing the border, claiming that drivers' lives are at risk from the protesters. This has caused a dire fuel shortage in Nepal. The monarchist RRP-N party has also held violent protests demanding that Nepal be declared a Hindu state. Nepal's communist government has accused India's Hindu chauvinist BJP government of waging economic war against its northern neighbour. More than 50 people have been killed since August in the violence, including three members of a mob that attacked a communist youth rally. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-1013-Nepal-Removal-of-barriers-knocks-a -hole-in-Indian-blockade#.VrWSCfl9600 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
