File picture of Nepali residents seen crossing the Nepal-India Border from Sonauli space in Uttar Pradesh.
| Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy
India’s border with Nepal will be sealed on May 2, 48-hours earlier than urban local body polls right here, to stop anti-social parts from crossing the boundary and vitiating the election environment, officers right here mentioned on Monday.
The motion at transit factors will be stopped on Tuesday night and stay shut until Thursday night, they mentioned.
Urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in two phases — on Thursday (May 4) and May 11. The votes will be counted on May 13. Maharajganj will go to the polls throughout the first section of elections on Thursday.
“The Sashastra Seema Bal will enforce the sealing. Only emergency vehicles will be allowed across during this period,” District Electoral Officer Satendra Kumar instructed reporters.
The resolution to seal the border was taken throughout a latest assembly of officers of each nations, he mentioned.
Kumar mentioned site visitors motion was banned on the Indo-Nepal border and safety personnel have been sustaining round the clock vigil.
Paramilitary, civil police and intelligence personnel are additionally protecting an in depth watch on actions alongside the border, the official mentioned.
District Election Officer/District Magistrate of Bahraich Dinesh Chandra Singh on Monday mentioned to conduct the urban body elections in a free, honest and peaceable method, it has been determined (within the assembly held with Sashastra Seema Bal) that the Indo-Nepal border will be sealed 48 hours earlier than the polling on May 4.
During this, solely emergency companies like ambulances and autos carrying important commodities will be allowed to transfer after a complete test, he added.
Uttar Pradesh shares an 84-kilometre-long open International Border with Nepal.
