KATHMANDU, May 2 -- Amid the ongoing row between the government and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding the payment of controversial charges, Nepali people experienced a massive disturbance in internet services on Thursday afternoon.

Nepali ISPs have failed to clear dues with Indian bandwidth providers as a result of the years-long row, leaving the Indian companies to disrupt their services on Thursday afternoon. The ISPs stated that the Indian bandwidth providing companies, citing delayed payment by Nepali internet-related companies, disrupted their services to Nepali customers.

The government and ISPs have been on a warpath for the past few years. The government insists that ISPs clear their backlog payments on non-telecommuni...