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Indian paramilitary abetting encroachment on Nepali soil
BARDIYA (GULERIYA), NOV 20 - Indian nationals have been encroaching around 15 bighas of land of Gulariya municipality-4, under the protection of the Indian para-military force, the Border Security Force (BSF). An Indian national harvested ripe crops grown on Nepali soil and carried them across the border, according to sources.
Indians have encroached on plot number 411/12 of Nepal land, registered under the Gulariya municipality-9. While, Shahadad Dhobi, a local Nepali resident, had been cultivating the land since 1972, Raj Dev Gaudha of Salapur Tepara in India planted paddy on the land in July this year with the support of the Indian BSF. Backed by the BSF, the Indian national, Gaudha has been harvesting the crops on the land. He has already carried away four quintals of peanuts, seven quintals of maize and some mustard seeds planted on the land, according to Dhobi.
Indian nationals have also started plundering crops cultivated on some 12 bighas of Nepali land in other areas, sources said.
Whenever groups of local Nepalis protested the plundering of crops grown on the Nepali soil, the Indians would raise an alarm saying that Maoists were attacking them. The BSF would come to their aid and the Nepalis would have to flee for their lives, according to sources.
Indians involved in land encroachment have been humiliating Nepalis, said Dhobi. "Your government has no guts to intervene against us," quoted Dhobi as the Indian nationals as having said.
Besides, the officials of the Indian Forest Office have already constructed a road encroaching on Nepali land in Dasgaja area.
"The local administration has remained a mute spectator despite our having informed it several times on encroachments by Indians," said Govinda Pandey, the ex-Mayor of the municipality.
However, Bhim Prasad Tiwari, the Chief District Officer said that talks on the border issues were already held with the concerned Indian officials. An understanding has been reached that both the sides continue with whatsoever they have been doing until a joint team conducts a survey of the border, according to Tiwari.
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