Bihar: Locals In Bhatgaon Village Near India-Nepal Border Travel 60 Kms To Access Healthcare

by Anjali Ojha Oct 31, 2020 • 02:06 PM Views 1242

In Bihar's Bhatgaon, Kishanganj, a village near the India-Nepal border, locals depend on Nepal for several things - from trade to healthcare to daily wage work, etc. Due to the lockdown, trade has been affected and the border has been closed ever since which is causing a lot of hardships for the locals. Trade has stopped, and labourers who used to go to Nepal to work now are forced to work at lesser remuneration locally. The biggest problem however is healthcare, for the smallest problems they have to go to Siliguri, 60 Kms away. Recently a young guy died of snakebite because he could not get immediate treatment. Anjali Ojha reports