KATHMANDU, June 29 -- Security experts have expressed fears that the prolonged lockdown and restriction measures put in place to contain COVID-19 without any support to ease the life of ordinary people could soon push the country toward a state of social unrest.

The security experts, who served in different capacities with various security agencies, argued that the country could witness a situation where there is a perception among the people that the government was not performing well and that it had failed to provide any tangible support even as they passed through the most difficult period in their lives.

Addressing a program organized by Nepal Center for Security Governance (NCSG) in the capital, they expressed fear that returnee mi...