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Cadres of Joint Madhesi Front vandalised vehicles carrying essential goods to Kathmandu by throwing petrol bombs.
Three vehicles were attacked by agitators at Bhawanipur Chowk of Birgunj near the Raxaul border last night. The Madhesi protesters also torched a truck and vandalised three other vehicles in Birgunj yesterday.
The incidents come even as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged “all sides” to immediately lift the blockade on the Indo-Nepal border as the country was heading towards a serious humanitarian crisis. Nepal is recovering from the massive earthquake over six months ago.
Meanwhile, Nepal Oil Corporation has decided to send a delegation to Dhaka to look for alternatives for importing fuel, officials said.
The team will study the possibilities regarding importing fuel, mainly LPG, from Bangladesh amid an acute shortage of both petroleum products and cooking gas in the Himalayan nation.
Nepal government has imported around 200,000 litres of petroleum products from China in the wake of the continued blockade on the country’s southern border.
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