Pokhariya, Feb 9 : Two border pillars reported to be missing from the Nepal-India border in Parsa have been retrieved from the Oriya River at Pipardari of Jagarnathpur rural municipality-1 of the district.
Following the recovery of the border pillars,
a meeting of the District Coordination Committee has been summoned for today.
And, the District Security Committee Parsa has already urged the Indian side to
stop sand extraction from the river. The Indian side has handed contracts for
the sand collection from the river.
The objects were found during sand
mining in the river, increasing the issue of geographical dispute in regard
with the river area. According to Armed Police Force Superintendent of Police
Suman Thapaliya, the news about the recovery of border pillars from the river
needed to be notified to higher authorities, bearing in mind its gravity. The
sand mining in the river has been suspended for the time being.
Four days ago, the main boarder
pillar with number 422 was recovered from the same river. Similarly, an
assistant border pillar numbered 422/1 was found from the river recently, said
Thapaliya.
Following the finding of border
pillars lately, a team led by Chief District Officer Hiralal Regmi including
chief of security agencies, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, and the local
levels carried out a field inspection of the area. Preparations were underway
to hold a dialogue with the sides concerned on the matter, said CDO Regmi.
The Indian is reported to be
extracting the river on a daily basis since many years, Shree Kanta Yadav,
chair of Jagarnathpur Rural Municipality, while stressing the need for the
respective sector to take necessary steps to this effect.
"Indian contractors extract river materials from the river unopposed and take them to India on tractors during the night and disputes have surfaced time and again when local people tried to stop this," he said. (RSS)