Protests over the country's new Constitution have strangled essential supplies in Nepal over the last few weeks.
Five kilometres from Bihar's Raxaul town on the Indo-Nepal border, Rupesh Kumar, an agent who helps truckers get clearance from customs to cross the border, is exasperated. Around 250 fuel tankers, given clearance two weeks ago, have not moved an inch.
A narrow bridge over no man's land connects Raxaul to Nepal. For over two weeks, hundreds of protesters from Nepal, Madhesis, a community that shares ethnic ties with India, have squatted here and erected tents.
They say they are on protest against the Nepal government's crackdown inside their territory. The Indian government has made no attempt to remove them, nor has Nepal.
"The Indian government has not asked us to stay. In fact they have given clearances. But how do we move? Should we crush the people on the bridge? What if we are attacked inside Nepal?" asks Pradeep, a driver all the way from Mathura and whose tanker is carrying hundreds of litres of liquefied petroleum gas or LPG.
About 100 metres away from the border on the Indian side, there is a long line fuel tankers with Nepal numbers. On a normal day, over 170 tankers fill petrol or diesel at the Indian Oil depot, and take their trucks to various parts of Nepal including capital Kathmandu. Nothing has moved for two weeks.
"We don't know what to do. Yesterday someone said 'it will take another 15 days'," said Paras Bhattarai, a driver.
At a prominent city petrol pump, the longest line is of motorcycles with Nepalese numbers. While borders are sealed for trucks and four wheelers, bikes are being allowed in.
Vijay Shankar Pandey, who lives in the Nepal town of Birgunj, says there is nearly no fuel available in Nepal. "Only a few petrol pumps are selling it 200 rupees a litre," he said.
Protests over the country's new Constitution have strangled essential supplies in Nepal over the last few weeks. India has rejected as "totally false" allegations that it has imposed a blockade, saying it is the responsibility of the Nepal government to facilitate the entry of trucks.