BIRATNAGAR: A total of 62 cargo vehicles, including 36 tankers carrying petroleum products, have entered Nepal from India via Rani Customs Office, Biratnagar till this afternoon.

According to Krishna Basnet, the chief of Rani Customs Office, 24 tankers carrying diesel, three carrying petrol, nine carrying LPG and remaining 26 freight trucks have entered Nepal today.

He said that chances are that more fuel tankers could enter Nepal by the evening.

No vehicles carrying petroleum products had entered Nepal via this checkpoint yesterday.