KATHMANDU (Web Desk/Agencies) – Nepali authorities have asked India not to send old clothes as part of relief for earthquake victims.
Nepal’s objection to old clothes came to the light when the first truckload carrying relief goods reached a dry port in Raxaul, India’s last border district in Bihar state.
Nepali authorities said they detected a few objectionable gunny sacks in relief supplies. They not only rejected the consignment, but told India that “leftover food in plate should not be served to them”.
Relief supplies are unloaded at the port from railway cargo vans, re-packaged in some cases and re-loaded on trucks for transportation to different areas of Nepal.
Indian envoy in Nepal, Anju Ranjan, confirmed the development, saying, “I have communicated the information to the home ministry through my channel.”
Indian Home Ministry has been tasked with collecting and ensuring loading of relief supplies, pouring in from different governments and agencies across India, at New Delhi.
It may be mentioned here that many Indian states have had been under a severe attack from Swine flu.
