Tarai Democratic Party Chairman Mahanta Thakur said, after the checkpoint to open on January 18

The life in the Tarai region has gradually returned to normalcy after the agitating Madhes-centric parties relaxed the longstanding agitations in the recent days. The local residents in the districts of central Tarai including in Bara, Parsa and Rautahat districts have felt a great sigh of relief after agitating parties changed the course of their agitation. The situation in the district for almost five and a half months was paralysed following the strikes, agitations and disruption in the border areas. In the recent days, the industries, factories, educational institutions and markets have run and the vehicles are seen on the roads after the agitating parties relaxed the agitations. In Bara, the vehicles of long and short routes have moved towards their destinations. A local leader of the Unified Democratic Madhesi Front said that verbal consensus was given to let reopen the industries, factories, educational institutions and markets. However, the agitating parties have not formally called off the agitation. Likewise, the intellectuals in Parsa have asked both the government and agitating parties to resolve the deadlock through talks and dialogue as some of the grievances of the Madhesi people were addressed from the constitution’s amendment.