U’KHAND TRADERS FAST FOR BRIDGE

PITHORAGARH: A relay hunger strike by traders in the border town of Jhulaghat here demanding opening of a bridge connecting India and Nepal entered its eighth day on Monday. The agitating traders want resumption of regular traffic along the bridge between the two countries due to heavy losses caused by its prolonged closure in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Around 300 traders of this border town have incurred a loss of Rs 15 crore together in the last six months as almost all our buyers come from the far western Nepalese districts of Baitari, Dadeldhura and Bazang," Jhulaghat Vyapar Sangh president Jagdish Joshi said.