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MOTIHARI/BAGAHA: Cross-border smuggling of petrol and diesel is rampant due to cheaper rates of the fuel in Nepal than in India.
Nepal shares porous border with India. People easily cross the border through narrow tracks. Petrol and diesel are being smuggled by the local people in jerry cans from Nepal on foot and sold to small retailers in bordering markets of East Champaran district, badly affecting the business of petrol pump owners in bordering areas of the district for the last one month. The owners of Raxaul, Adapur, Chauradano, Ghorasahan and Kundwa-Chainpur petrol stations claim heavy losses due to smuggling of petroleum products from Nepal.