India returnees throng Gaddachauki to celebrate Dashain and Tihar

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२९ आश्विन २०८३, बिहीबार ०८:२२October 15, 2026

Kanchanpur. Passengers returning home from India to celebrate Dashain and Tihar are undergoing health check-up at the Gaddachauki checkpoint.

The government has been conducting tests for six types of diseases—malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, COVID, dengue and scrub typhus—at the health desks set up at the border points to prevent the entry of various infectious diseases.TAG_OPEN_div_18

Siddharaj Bhatta, Public Health Officer at the District Health Office, Kanchanpur, said that the health check-up of the people returning from India was carried out at the border point to prevent the spread of the disease. “If the infection is detected, they are brought to the hospital and treated free of cost,” Bhatta said, adding, “Arrangements are made for the treatment of the people from far away by informing them at the concerned district hospital.” According to the Health Office, among the passengers coming to the checkpoint, the passengers coming from the areas where malaria and dengue are more prevalent in India and those suffering from fever are tested.TAG_OPEN_div_16

In September alone, 4,700 people were tested at the Gaddachauki checkpoint. So far, no other people have tested positive except two people who tested positive for the virus. According to the police data, two thousand people are returning to Nepal daily through the Gaddachauki checkpoint. The number of passengers at the Gaddachauki checkpoint has increased after Nepalis who had gone to different cities of India for employment started returning home.TAG_OPEN_div_14

The District Police Office, Kanchanpur has also set up civic help desks at various places of the district including the border points, keeping in mind the convenience and security of the passengers. Deputy Superintendent of Police Tek Bahadur Rawat said that surveillance has been increased at the checkpoint for the safety of the passengers as the number of Nepalis returning home through the Gaddachauki border point has increased.TAG_OPEN_div_12

“We have set up passenger help desks at eight places of the district including Gaddachauki checkpoint and Mahendranagar bus park”, he said.TAG_OPEN_div_10 ”