In a first, Nepal border towns to go dry during UP polls
- | Saturday | 25th February, 2017
Indo-Nepal Border/Siddharthnagar: In a first, liquor shops in Nepal on the Indo-Nepal border will be shut for three days till polling for the fifth phase ends in UP. Besides, the border was sealed for the three days.”Dhan Bahadur, an official of the Nepal police posted in the border area, confirmed this. Country-made liquor in India costs Rs 72 per 200 millilitre pouch whereas the same is available in Nepal for only Rs 12. There is no liquor shop on the Indian side along the international border in Siddharthnagar, Balrampur and Bahraich, where polling will be held on Monday.Siddharthnagar superintendent of police Rakesh Shankar said, “Nepal police has assured us that the liquor shops on the border areas along the international border will be closed from Saturday evening till Monday evening. The international border was also sealed as campaign for the fifth phase of assembly elections ended on Saturday at 5 pm.A decision to the effect was taken at a flag meeting between Sashastra Suraksha Bal (SSB) and Nepal’s Sashastra Prahari Dal (SPD) last month.
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