Kailali, Dec. 24 -- Nepali traders from Sudurpaschim province are not just active in Nepal but also run itinerant businesses in neighbouring Indian border towns. Among them is 63-year-old Dhanlal Neupane of Thakalipur in ward 3 of Lamki Chuha Municipality, Kailali, who spends winters selling clothes and blankets in Tankpur and Banbasa in Champawat district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Neupane, who moved from Kalikot to Kailali, started travelling to Tankpur for business years ago. "For the past 15 years, I've been moving between Tankpur, Khatima and Banbasa selling clothes," he said. "In winter, we carry clothes from village to village. We return with the onset of summer." He rents a room in Tankpur and spends the day selling clot...