Huge relief for Nepal
The Himalayan Times
30
October 2015
Huge relief for Nepal
It was exciting to read the news report “Nepal, China seal deal for import of fuel” (THT, 29
Oct. Page 1) considering the difficult life faced by the general people for the
last almost two months caused by Madhes based fringe parties’ protests on Nepal
India borders. More than 40 people including security personnel have already
lost their lives during the agitation.
In this backdrop, India imposed an undeclared blocked by telling the
big three political parties to address the grievances of Madhesis. It has been
almost two months since then the government has been trying to settle the
problem without any fruitful results. Now, the new government led by K.P.Oli is
at the helm. He had assured the general people at the onset of his premiership
that the existing fuel crisis would be immediately solved. No major changes
have been noticed so far to ease the existing fuel crisis.
However, the effort to import petroleum
goods from China has gained momentum and the first lot of Chinese petrol is
likely to enter Nepal by next week as reported in “Chinese petrol likely to
arrive by next week” (THT, 29 Oct. Page 1). Still, the trade embargo imposed by
the Indian government should be diplomatically resolved soon keeping in view
the import of other essential goods and petroleum goods to meet our needs. For
this, the government and the big three also need to be serious in resolving the
political and constitutional issues with the Madhesis.
Rai Biren Bangdel
Maharajgunj
