NEW DELHI: In a fillip to people ties that will allow the resumption of travel for business, medical reasons and meeting family members, the Indian government has decided to start an “air bubble” with Nepal.
The Indian foreign ministry, it is learnt, has agreed to a proposal from Nepal to restart flight operations between the two countries in a phased manner to ensure people of the two countries are not inconvenienced due to covid-19 related embargos.
This is seen as one of the outcomes of Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla’s visit to Nepal last month to reset ties after a bitter row over a Nepalese map that had shown Indian territories lying within Nepal’s boundaries.
