Kathmandu, 5 July : An Indo-Nepal joint field survey team has started work for an amicable resolution to a land border dispute at Dhaka block in Bihar’s East Champaran district amid strained diplomatic ties between the two neighbouring countries.
A two-member survey team from Dehradun, aided by their counterparts from Nepal, has measured the disputed land at Baluwa village in Dhaka block under Sikarahana subdivision of the East Champaran district on Thursday and Friday.“The two-day survey has been conducted by a joint team from India and Nepal. There will be clarity after the report is submitted,” said Shursat Kapil Ashok, district magistrate (DM), East Champaran. The construction work for about 400 metres — between pillar number 346/5 and 346/7 — had to be suspended following Nepal’s objection, Indian media report.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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