Jhapa, June 11 -- Suryodaya Municipality in Ilam has urged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to immediately initiate high-level diplomatic engagement with the Government of India to remove ongoing barriers affecting Nepali tea exports.

In a letter to the ministry, Acting Mayor Durga Kumar Baral said Nepali tea exports have once again been disrupted due to procedures imposed by the Tea Board of India.

The letter states that the obstruction has raised serious concerns, as tea is one of Nepal's key cash crops and a major source of foreign currency earnings.

Earlier disruptions also took place just two weeks after India relaxed testing requirements for Nepali tea exports

According to the municipality, exports were earlier disrupted for 21 d...