MEA Points Journey Advisory for Kailash Mansarovar Pilgrims Amid 52 Indians Stranded in Nepal | India Information
The Ministry of exterior affairs (MEA) has issued an advisory for Indian residents enterprise the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via personal tour operators, urging pilgrims to not start their journey with out securing all obligatory journey paperwork.The advisory comes after a number of Indian pilgrims have been reportedly stranded in Nepal because of the absence of legitimate Chinese language visas and entry permits.“Commencing journey with out confirmed documentation or in anticipation of acquiring the mandatory documentation will increase the probability of being stranded,” the ministry stated.The MEA additionally urged pilgrims to confirm that their tour operator is duly registered and authorised earlier than reserving the pilgrimage.
52 Indian pilgrims stranded in Kathmandu
The advisory follows studies that round 52 Indian residents travelling to Kailash Mansarovar are at the moment stranded in Kathmandu and require pressing help to proceed their journey.The problem was raised by Nationalist Congress Get together (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule, who appealed to the Ministry of exterior affairs and the Indian embassies in Nepal and China to intervene.“About 52 Indian residents travelling to Kailash Mansarovar are at the moment stranded in Kathmandu, Nepal, and are in want of pressing help,” Sule stated in a publish on X.She urged EAM S Jaishankar, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, the Indian Embassy in Beijing and the MEA to increase vital assist and facilitate the pilgrims’ secure onward journey.The event comes days after the primary batch of pilgrims enterprise the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra 2026 crossed into China via the Nathu La Cross on the India-China border on June 20, marking the resumption of the pilgrimage route.
