Trucks from India carrying essential goods and petroleum products on Wednesday started entering Nepal which is grappling with a fuel crisis due to the blockade of a key trade point with India by protesters opposing Nepal's new Constitution.
About 100 cargo trucks entered the Nepali side from Sunauli border in Bhairahawa.
Home Ministry spokesman laxmi Dhakal said Indian trucks, mostly carrying food, and six tankers loaded with oil and gas entered Nepal after a meeting between officials from both the sides.
"Although some of the trucks were released, there were thousands of trucks stranded on the Indian side in long queues," he said.
The trucks have been stranded on the Indian side for more than five days due to the ongoing blockade imposed by the Madhesi groups opposing the promulgation of the new Constitution.
Madhesis are Indian-origin inhabitants of the Terai region bordering India who are opposed to splitting Nepal into seven provinces.
At least 40 people have died in over a month of clashes between police and protesters from the Madhesi and Tharu communities and ethnic minorities.