NEW DELHI, Feb 5: India – Nepal border bridges closed in the aftermath of the Covid-19 induced lockdown have been reopened.
The Pithoragarh district administration on Friday ordered the opening of all five bridges on the Indo-Nepal border on a daily basis.
The order has been issued after the Uttarakhand government permitted the administration to open the bridges on the border in the district.
“We have instructed sub-divisional-magistrates of Dharchula, Pithoragarh Didihat and Seema Suraksha Bal battalions guarding the border to open all five bridges situated on the Indo- Nepal border in the district in tune with the SOP issued by the Central government to check the spread of Covid-19,” said VK Jogdande, district magistrate, Pithoragarh.
According to district officials, the Nepal government had ordered the opening of all bridges on the Indo-Nepal border last week.
“After receiving a letter from Nepalese officials, we had sent the same to our officers and we were waiting for their response. On Friday, we received the nod from the state government to open the bridges on a daily basis from our side. So now all the border bridges will remain open every day,” said AK Shukla, SDM Dharchula.
(Manas Dasgupta)