With Nepali men going to work overseas, Indian workers take a big share of the labour market. As women workers are more sincere, there are signs that may change in the near future.

More than 700 freight trucks enter Nepal daily through Bhairahawa, making it the country's second busiest transit point.

Industrialists cite higher cost of raw materials and freight charges for the upsurge in market prices.

The column of trucks waiting to enter Nepal through the Sunauli border is usually 10 km long, traders say.

The hospital had received three ventilators from provincial government but there are no staff to operate them.

Most of the plants that have been forced to cut output are those producing cement, iron and steel, brick, tile and construction materials.

Local workforce is filling the vacuum created by foreign migrant workers who left for their home countries when the pandemic hit.

243 people treated at a local hospital for dog bites in the past one month.

Local units in the bordering areas say they can’t let the people enter the country until the centre takes a decision.

Authorities have coordinated with the respective local units to transport the returnees home.

But completion is still some way off due to lack of essential equipment, said officials.

Nepali authorities say they are concerned about the free movement of people as the Kolhui Bazaar in India, which lies just across the border, reported six Covid-19 patients on Saturday.

The Nepalis reached Sunauli border point from various parts of India three days ago and are waiting to be allowed in.

In the last week, thousands of people entered Nepal through various border points in Province 5. Nobody knows where they are now.

Major border points have health desks set up to screen footfall, most health desks are ill-equipped and under-staffed.