As per reports, the ban is not official and has been brought in by cable operators. Nepal's Nepal’s information minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, when asked whether the Nepalese government is mulling a ban on Indian channels, had stated that it would be better if Indian media practises self-restraint.
The report cautioned that if the new direction of the flow of rivers continues unabated, then, hundreds of hectares of Nepal land may be annexed to Tibet.
Amidst the border standoff and escalating tensions between India and China, Nepal has reportedly erected barriers which is creating a hindrance in carrying out flood prevention work ahead of monsoon.