Nepalis lose livelihoods after being shut out of tri-junction area

In the old days when trade was flourishing, Nepali traders used to import goods from Taklakot using porters, mules, sheep and horses.

Many Nepalis living in the country's mountainous northwestern corner did well trading and working in the tri-junction area at Taklakot where the frontiers of Nepal, India and China meet. After the border was shut down in 2019, many locals lost their main source of livelihood.