Youths from Nepal, who are looking for greener pastures abroad, are being trafficked on a regular basis. They are taking the death route to Europe to save themselves from poverty and the drudgery of daily life. The girls travel to India and end up mostly in brothels in Mumbai, Kolkata,
Kathmandu, May 12
Nepali migrant workers in various countries in the Gulf have bought 600 oxygen cylinders to send to Nepal to help their motherland fight the Covid-19 crisis.
Bibek Jha, the president of the Non-resident Nepali Social Club in Oman, says each of these cylinders will have 40 litres. According to him, preparations are underway to send them to Nepal as soon as possible, adding the cylinders are likely to arrive in Kathmandu by coming Sunday.
Nepali Ambassador to Oman, Sharmila Parajuli, also says she has been talking with the Nepal Airlines Corporation in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to dispatch the oxygen cylinders.