Indian officials have agreed to send cargo trucks and fuel tankers to Nepal on Sunday.The cargo and freight carriers were halted at the Jogbani border point by the Indian Seema Surakhsa Bal (SSB) citing security concerns due to the ongoing Madhes agitation.

The Indian side agreed to send the goods carriers in a meeting held at Biratnagar Customs Office between customs officers, industrialists and transport entrepreneurs of Nepal and India, informed Biratnagar Customs Office Chief Krishna Bahadur Basnet. Morang Police Spokesperson DSP Pramod Kharel said that the vehicles will be entered into Nepal today itself.

Over 500 cargo trucks and fuel tankers remained stranded in the Jogbani border since nine days due to the ‘undeclared blockade’ imposed by the Indian side.

Meanwhile, Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal (SSFN) central committee member Jayaram Yadav said that they will not the vehicles to pass through the border point. SSFN has been holding a sit-in protest at the border point since the past nine days.