In view of the ongoing violent protest in Nepal, the Maharashtra State Emergency Operations Centre on Tuesday issued an advisory, urging citizens to avoid travel to the neighbouring country until further notice.
Amid the ongoing violent protests in Nepal's Kathmandu by Gen Z, Sujit Chakraborty, President of West Bengal Custom House Agents Society, expressed concerns over the well-being of Indian staff stationed in Nepal, with uncertainty about how they will return home.
Speaking with ANI, he said that Nepal's government has lost the confidence of its citizens, and the social media ban was the "last straw on the camel's back" that triggered the violent protests in Nepal.
Security agencies in India have stepped up vigilance along the Indo-Nepal border following large-scale violent protests in Nepal against the government over alleged corruption and the government's ban on 26 unregistered social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube