Cable TV operators have announced that they would stop the broadcasting of all the Indian channels from 10 am on Tuesday in a symbolic protest against India’s unofficial blockade to Nepal.

A meeting of cable operators on Monday took the decision to this effect.

 “We also received pressure from few parties and public to stop the broadcast of Indian channels,” President of Federation of Nepal Cable Television Association Sushil Parajuli told the Post, adding, “We have decided to stop broadcasting Indian channels indefinitely from 10 am on Tuesday.”

Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist had lobbed, in writing, to stop the broadcast of Hindi channels, it has been learnt.

According to Parajuli, the broadcast of Hindi channels have already stopped in Chitwan, Pokhara and Mahendranagar.