Tens of thousands of students in Nepal carrying placards and chanting slogans on Friday formed a 27-km-long human chain here against a blockade by Indian- origin Madhesi protesters in the southern plains that has led to shutting down of several schools due to severe fuel crisis. The students, carrying placards – that read “Don’t create crisis”, “Honour dignity of Nepalese”, “Ensure child right”, and “Stop India s blockade” among others – encircled Kathmandu’s Ring Road to demand the immediate lifting of the over two-month-old blockade. They urged the Madhesi parties to withdraw their agitation and safeguard child rights.