Nepal

39 fuel carrying vehicles enter Nepal via Jogbani

39 fuel carrying vehicles enter Nepal via Jogbani

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

The petrol tanker (Na 2 Kha 4365) confiscated by police for smuggling aviation fuel from Nepalgunj to Chitwan at Belchok of Narayangadh, on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. Photo: Tilak Rimal/ THT

PATHARI: A total of 39 fuel-laden tankers have entered Nepal via Jogbani point in Biratnagar on Thursday amid India’s unofficial blockade.

Officer of the Biratnagar Customs Office, Rajendra Dhungana, said that 27 tankers carrying diesel and 12 tankers of petrol entered Nepal from early morning to till night on Thursday.

Dhungana also said that 149 goods loaded vehicles also arrived in Nepal on Thursday by carrying industrial raw material.