Lumbini, June 4 -- After a trip to India, Narad Prasad Bhusal of Parbat district returned to Nepal through the Sunauli border point on Monday night. Planning to head home the next morning, he reached the Butwal bus park early Tuesday, only to find no buses operating.

Unaware of the ongoing transport strike, he was left stranded the entire day. "Had I known about this, I wouldn't have left my relatives' place in Butwal," he lamented. "Now I'm just stuck. I don't know what to do."

His story is just a case in point. Hundreds of passengers were left in limbo across the country on Tuesday, the second consecutive day of the transport strike.

A group of seven labourers carrying pots, clothes and other belongings in sacks was also camped out a...