Kathmandu, April 1 -- Thousands of Nepali migrant workers in India, most of them daily wage labourers, have requested the government of Nepal through the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi to create an environment for them to return home amid the lockdown enforced both in India and Nepal over fears of Covid-19 spread.

Representatives of various political parties in Nepal who are based in India told the Post that at least 20,000 Nepalis have been caught in the lockdown and are unable to return home. They wish to come home and be with their families at this time.

They have called on the embassy and the government to make arrangements for their safe return home because many of them have lost their jobs and their source of income has dried up as...