"Despite COVID-19 fears, thousands of Nepalis leave for India to earn bread and butter", 23 November 2020

All major transit points at the Nepal-India border in Sudur Paschim Province these days witness a large number of Nepalis departing for India in search of jobs, despite the COVID-19 fears.

Two major border points in the province, Trinagar and Gaddachauki, which were overcrowded with migrant laborers headed for India even during the major Nepali festivals of Dashain and Tihar this year, are over-flooded with Nepali youths aspiring to seek employment opportunities in the southern neighbor after those festivals are over.

When asked why they were desperate to move to a foreign land amid the heightened fears of the coronaviurs, most of them said that it is their compulsion to leave the country even during the pandemic as they find it quite difficult to make their ends meet because of the lack of jobs in the country...

Most of the laborers are leaving their motherland with their spouses and children...

...As many as 1,500 to 2,000 people are moving to India from Sudur Paschim on a daily basis these days.