New Delhi (NVI): Government authorities in Sudurpaschim Province in Nepal have been “violating” the nationwide lockdown order by sending people who came from India and other districts to Bajura district, reports The Himalayan Times.
People have been following the lockdown orders in Bajura by staying at home and not moving out, except in case of emergency, the newspaper reports. However, the provincial government has been sending people from other districts to Bajura, Chief District Officer, Ganga Prasad Neupane was quoted as saying by the daily.
Neupane said people should not be sent from one district to another and they should stay put in the same place during the lockdown.
“The flow of people entering the district had swollen. But we have kept them in quarantine facilities,” he told the newspaper.
The Himalayan Times has further said in its report that many people have been entering Bajura from India daily even during the lockdown period and the province government has let them enter the district.
Health Coordinator Dipak Sha at Budhiganga Municipality told the paper that Bajura would be at high risk of infection due to people’s movement during the lockdown. He also said the province government had been sending people to their respective districts even during the lockdown.
However, Bajura Police chief has said initiatives are being taken so that the lockdown rules are not violated.
As per the Nepal daily, the Sudurpaschim province government has sent 26 people, who came from India three days ago, to Bajura.
According to reports, hundreds of Nepalese workers returning from India are stranded at border points as India-Nepal border has been closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
On the other hand, 352 Indian migrant labourers, working in Nepal’s Birgunj, have been kept at a hostel of Thakur Ram College there. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has suspended all passenger movements through all immigration land check posts at the India-Nepal border until further orders.
Nepal has imposed a nationwide lockdown till April 7.
