03-04-2006, 02:36 AM
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Indo-Nepal Border, India: A chance seizure of heavy explosives laden on a truck meant for Maoists in Nepal earlier this week, has led to massive hold-ups of commercial vehicles on the porous Indo-Nepal Border. Hundreds of trucks remained stranded for the second day on Thursday as Nepalese police insisted on off-loading every single truck coming into its territory and allowing them to pass after strict checking.
Serpentine queues of Indian trucks heading towards Nepal was seen on the Indo-Nepal Border post, as drivers got increasingly restive with the delay. Some drivers complained the search was "highly superficial" in nature and they was causing an unnecessary delay for them.
"We have brought furniture here. Goods that need to be checked are allowed to leave after only a superficial checking but they are unnecessarily troubling us," Mahendra Kumar, a truck driver from Gorakhpur, said. Other drivers wondered where Nepalese custom officials would get the required space to unload to check every vehicle, some of which were carrying hazardous goods.
"They need all the space to offload these goods also. I don't think the people are going to bear all the dust that will come out," said Vijyender. On Tuesday, Nepalese Police seized a huge quantity of arms and explosives from a border district apparently smuggled from Jharkhand, a naxal-affected State.
<b>Officials said the seizure hinted at a growing nexus between Maoists in both the countries. The explosives included about 10,000 electronic detonators, 475 kilograms of Neogel and 2500 kilograms of Gelatin, in what is considered to be the biggest ever seizure in the region. </b>
The explosives were seized from a truck, bearing Indian registration, at the Sanauli border with India. The explosives were hidden inside two layers of coal.
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Indo-Nepal Border, India: A chance seizure of heavy explosives laden on a truck meant for Maoists in Nepal earlier this week, has led to massive hold-ups of commercial vehicles on the porous Indo-Nepal Border. Hundreds of trucks remained stranded for the second day on Thursday as Nepalese police insisted on off-loading every single truck coming into its territory and allowing them to pass after strict checking.
Serpentine queues of Indian trucks heading towards Nepal was seen on the Indo-Nepal Border post, as drivers got increasingly restive with the delay. Some drivers complained the search was "highly superficial" in nature and they was causing an unnecessary delay for them.
"We have brought furniture here. Goods that need to be checked are allowed to leave after only a superficial checking but they are unnecessarily troubling us," Mahendra Kumar, a truck driver from Gorakhpur, said. Other drivers wondered where Nepalese custom officials would get the required space to unload to check every vehicle, some of which were carrying hazardous goods.
"They need all the space to offload these goods also. I don't think the people are going to bear all the dust that will come out," said Vijyender. On Tuesday, Nepalese Police seized a huge quantity of arms and explosives from a border district apparently smuggled from Jharkhand, a naxal-affected State.
<b>Officials said the seizure hinted at a growing nexus between Maoists in both the countries. The explosives included about 10,000 electronic detonators, 475 kilograms of Neogel and 2500 kilograms of Gelatin, in what is considered to be the biggest ever seizure in the region. </b>
The explosives were seized from a truck, bearing Indian registration, at the Sanauli border with India. The explosives were hidden inside two layers of coal.
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