Shimla, Sept. 13 -- Nepalese workers, considered the backbone of development activities in Himachal Pradesh, say they are deeply concerned about the current turmoil in their homeland and are pinning hopes on the formation of a corruption-free government that will generate jobs at home and curb migration abroad.

In conversations with ANI, several Nepalese migrants working in Shimla across different trades and labour jobs voiced frustration with years of corruption and lack of development in Nepal, while also appealing to youths back home not to damage public property during protests in the future.

Gurkha Sikarmi, a native of Nepal's remote Jumla district who has been working in Shimla for over a decade, said he has no personal fear of th...