PM assures not to let Nepali territory be encroached

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has committed not to let a single inch of Nepali territory be encroached upon.

The Prime Minister said so while receiving a field study report jointly prepared by the All Nepal National Free Students' Union (ANNFSU) and All Nepal National Independent Students' Union-Revolutionary (ANNFISU-R).

The two student unions had visited Chhapkaiya of Parsa district where Nepali territory was reportedly encroached upon by Indian side.

According to ANNFSU-R Vice-Chair Surendra Basnet, PM Deuba came with the view after receiving the report at the PM's official residence in Baluwatar on Thursday.

On the occasion, Chairs of ANNFSU Nabina Lama and ANNFISU-R Ranjit Tamang handed over the report to PM Deuba.

The student organisations had reached Chhapkaiya on January 20 with a campaign of border security and awareness generation.

The report states that about 50 bigha territory of Nepal in the Indo-Nepal pillar number 391 to 393 was found encroached upon by the Indian side.

The report has demanded for reviewing border maps considering land ownership of locals, managing the border disputes by forging consensus at national level, making embankments of 57 rivers that are used as border marking lines and removing infrastructures constructed by Indian sides at no man's lands.