Plan to replace foreign workers with Nepalis in various sectors is easier said than done

At a time when many Nepalis have lost jobs to the pandemic, a comprehensive strategy could ensure work for them at home, officials and experts say.

Just before the lockdown began in the third week of March to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Umesh Prasad Singh had more than 400 Indian seasonal workers at his two brick factories at Tarapatti Sirsiya, Dhanusha. He had employed 300 Nepali workers as well.