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All seven Indo-Nepal border bridges closed due to parliamentary polls<\/p>\n

B.D.Kasniyal<\/p>\n

Pithoragarh, March 3<\/p>\n

Keeping security during general\u00a0elections of \u2018Pratinidhi Sabha\u2019 (parliament), in neighbouring Nepal on March 5, Indian security forces deputed at border bridges in this district, sealed all 7 bridges in lower elevation and one bridge at higher elevation on this part of Indo -Nepal border.<\/p>\n

“We have closed suspension bridges, situated at Indo-Nepal border of\u00a0 Jauljibi, Baluakot, Dharchula, Malghat, Rongti, Gasku, Jhoolaghat, and high altitude situated Sita Pul, from midnight on March 2, up to midnight of March 5,” said a Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) officer manning the border in Pithoragarh<\/p>\n

According to SSB sources over 3000 people of Nepal passed to and \u00a0fro these bridges every day before the bridges were closed.<\/p>\n

\u201c Enthusiasm was seen amongst Nepalese voters for elections, mostly young generation voters,\u00a0who are voting in this general election of Nepal,” said Karan Badal, a youth from Hikla, village of Darchula district of far western Nepal, who has also reached to vote in his village.<\/p>\n

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All seven Indo-Nepal border bridges closed due to parliamentary polls B.D.Kasniyal Pithoragarh, March 3 Keeping security during general\u00a0elections of \u2018Pratinidhi Sabha\u2019 (parliament), in neighbouring Nepal on March 5, Indian security forces deputed at border bridges in this district, sealed all 7 bridges in lower elevation and one bridge at higher elevation on this part of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,59],"tags":[263,3868,3869,586],"class_list":["post-8294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-uttarakhand","tag-indo-nepal-border","tag-indo-nepal-border-bridges","tag-pithoragarhsb","tag-sahastra-seema-bal-ssb"],"yoast_head":"\nAll seven Indo-Nepal border bridges closed due to parliamentary polls - 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