Tens of thousands of students in Nepal carrying placards and chanting slogans on Friday formed a 27-km-long human chain against a blockade by Indian- origin Madhesi protesters in the southern plains that has led to shutting down of several schools due to severe fuel crisis.
The students, carrying placards that read “Don’t create crisis”, “Honour dignity of Nepalese”, “Ensure child right”, and “Stop India blockade” among others encircled Kathmandu’s Ring Road to demand the immediate lifting of the over two-month-old blockade.
They urged the Madhesi parties to withdraw their agitation and safeguard child rights.