One hundred ten Nepalis returning home from various Indian cities have been quarantined in Surkhet. Of them, 78 have been quarantined at Ashoka hotel, 24 at Antarnirvar Samaj building and eight at Jananamuna secondary school, said Inspector Gopal Rayamajhi, information officer for the district police office.

They include 104 men and six women, who entered via Rupaidiya in Nepalgunj and Gaddachauki in Kanchanpur are under the surveillance of the Karnali state government, he said.

Setting up of 400 quarantine beds has reached its final state in Birendranagar, said State Minister for Social Development Dal Rawal, who reached the quarantine site along with Chief Minister of the state Mahendra Bahadur Shahi and State Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Bimala KC. The state would bear all expenditure for the quarantined people, he said.

One hundred ten Nepalis who were stranded in course of returning home from India were rescued, said the state government.

Meanwhile, 69 vehicles defying lockdown in the district have faced action, said Rayamajhi.