2,241 stranded citizens repatriated to India, Nepal

As many as 2,241 Indian and Nepalese citizens, who were stranded at the border due to the Covid-19 lockdown, were allowed to go to their respective countries on Thursday.

As many as 2,241 Indian and Nepalese citizens, who were stranded at the border due to the Covid-19 lockdown, were allowed to go to their respective countries on Thursday, officials in Bahraich and Lakhimpur Kheri said on Friday.

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In Bahraich, the exchange took place at Rupaidiha on the India-Nepal border through which 1,024 Indian nationals and 723 Nepalese citizens were allowed to go to their countries, superintendent of police, Bahraich, Vipin Kumar Mishra said.

Bahraich district magistrate Shambhu Kumar said these 1,074 Indian citizens would now be kept at shelter homes in Nanpara and Motipur tehsil. They would be screened, he added.

In Lakhimpur Kheri, 322 stranded Nepalese nationals were taken to the Gaurifanta border by bus and 140 Indian citizens were brought back to India through the same border, officials said.

The step was taken after Lakhimpur Kheri district SK Singh held talks with the Nepalese authorities. The Nepalese citizens have already completed their quarantine in India.

Meanwhile, Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate SK Singh, along with superintendent of police Poonam, visited the district court premises and took stock of sanitisation measures, thermal scanning of visitors and other health protocols being observed there.