LUCKNOW, Sept. 11 -- More than 100 Indians, including several from Uttar Pradesh cities such as Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad and Muzaffarnagar, have been stranded in strife-torn Nepal for the past 24 hours, said Saumendra, a Lucknow resident, over the phone from Hilsa village in Nepal.

A group of 35 people -- seven from Lucknow, nine from Varanasi, 10-12 from Faizabad, six from South Indian states and one from Gorakhpur -- had left for Kailash Mansarovar on August 31 and reached their destination on September 9. On their way back, the group halted at Hilsa, where they became stranded after helicopter services and other modes of transport were suspended due to anti-government protests and violence.

Saumendra said the group had contacted t...