02-07-2005, 08:54 AM
<b>Units alerted to refugees from Nepal</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->5 February 2005: Apprehending the influx of five-lakh refugees from Nepal, the Indian government has put units of the SSB, DRI and CRPF on the Indo-Nepal border on full alert, and threatened closure of border points and restrict country-to-country movement.
India has told Nepal it cannot handle such a large refugee influx, but Nepal has expressed equal helplessness, since the Royal Nepalese Army cannot patrol the border engaged in battling the Maoists, and Nepalese feel very insecure in district camps set up by the government because of the widening conflict. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
India has told Nepal it cannot handle such a large refugee influx, but Nepal has expressed equal helplessness, since the Royal Nepalese Army cannot patrol the border engaged in battling the Maoists, and Nepalese feel very insecure in district camps set up by the government because of the widening conflict. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->