People from remote districts stranded in Nepalgunj Airport for want of PCR test

Authorities have made PCR test reports mandatory for all air passengers on rescue flights but are unclear about who should bear the expense of the test.

Lok Bahadur Shahi of Mugu, a remote district in Karnali Province, had come to Nepalgunj for his wife’s medical treatment last month. Shahi and his wife had flown to Nepaljung on a private airline and they have been stranded in the city ever since, as the government has banned airlines from flying passengers without their Polymerase Chain Reaction test reports.