Army team inspects border pillar at Tinkar Bhanjyang

By Our Correspondent,Darchula, Apr. 19: A team of Nepali Army team has returned after inspecting Pillar No. 1 in Tinker Bhanjyang in Byas Rural Municipality-1, Darchula, an area in Nepal-China border. The team, which left Guru Gorakh Gulma Khalanga barracks on April 4, returned on Tuesday after 11 days. 

After reaching Tinker, the team met Bijay Thapa, Deputy Commander of the Far West, and Purushottam Dhakal, Deputy Chief of Police and received updates about the border pillar. 

According to Dhakal, they found the pillar covered in snow. He informed that the team had returned to Byas Rural Municipality after clearing the snow and that the team would reach Darchula headquarters Khalanga on April 23. 

Guru Gorakh Gulma of Darchula informed that the team conducted an on-site monitoring in Tinker, which have had no human presence since last November. The team also took information about the road infrastructure and condition of Charung and Tinkar villages in Byas Rural Municipality-1.

The Nepali Army has been taking updates about the situation on the border with China once every year. 

Meanwhile, the Sauka community who lives in Tinkar and Charung for six months of the summer season and who had migrated to Khalanga last November after the onset of the winter season, are now preparing to return to their villages with the onset of summer. 

Interaction with locals

The team led by the Far Western Commander of the Nepali Army Bijay Thapa interacted with the people's representatives and local residents of Tinker and Charung. He had a discussion with the locals at the headquarters Khalanga about the condition of the road and on a variety of issues.  Ashok Singh Bohara, who participated in the discussion, informed that the locals asked the Nepali Army to build a walkable road to Charung and Tinkar through Nepali land. 

Gelbu Singh Bohara, a former member of the Sudurpaschim Provincial Assembly and a resident of Charung, said that building road via Nepali territory would enable them to migrate through Nepal instead of India. According to him, the locals has been migrating through the Indian roads and had to take a permit from India every time while using the road. The locals also complained that they had to face difficulties getting permits while migrating with children and animals.