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Nepal law-makers say border problems persist with India in 15 districts | Nepal's lawmakers have claimed that border problems with India persist in at least 15 districts, and, have demanded a revision of a survey that was prepared and inked during the 2008 visit of then Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee.
The Foreign Relations and Human Rights Committee of Nepal's interim parliament
has released a report based on lawmakers' visits to the contentious districts,
asking the government to reclaim the land it says has been encroached on by India.
About three years ago, a Joint Technical Committee comprising officials from both
India and Nepal drew up 182 strip maps, which were to be the foundation of a new
Indo-Nepal border. The committee, according to a report by an Indian daily, said
most border disputes had been settled except for two contentious areas - Kalapani
on the Indo-Nepal-China border where India has stationed troops since its 1962
war with China, and Susta in western Nawalparasi district where Nepal says there
is heavy Indian encroachment. It was decided that the Kalapani and Susta disputes
would be resolved at a political level. However, despite India's keenness to have
the strip maps formally signed by both sides, Nepal has baulked at doing so. Now
the MPs say the strip maps should be revised as they have found discrepancies
in at least 15 more Terai districts, including Rupandehi. |
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