Dehradun, Sept. 10 -- The Uttarakhand Police is on high alert amid heightened political instability in neighbouring Nepal due to the Gen Z protest.

The police have conducted joint patrolling and surveillance with the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in the border areas of Pithoragarh, the Uttarakhand Police Headquarters informed ANI.

The state shares a direct border with Nepal.

Meanwhile, several Indian nationals who crossed the India-Nepal border at Panitanki in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal were returned to India on Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI, Kohila, a returnee from Assam, said, "The situation is out of control there...The strike will continue for 10-15 days...We are from Assam and are returning from Nepal. It feels good to retur...