DEHRADUN, 19 March, 2021 (TON): The Nepalese security agencies have not yet removed the encroachment from the Uttarakhand-Nepal border, despite reminders.

On Thursday, Himanshu Kafaltia, SDM, Tanakpur of the border district of Champawat said, "We had talks with our counterparts in Nepal and requested the concerned authorities to immediately remove the encroachment; however, no action has been taken yet."

He added, "We hope that things will change in a day or two in the no man's land."

As the reports state that recently a number of Nepalese citizens have tried to cross the border with Indian Adhaar cards.

On Tuesday, the SDM and the Indian police officials went to the border on Tuesday and held meeting with the Nepalese authorities later over issue of temporary construction detected at the border area.

While discussing the issue, the SDM Himanshu Kafaltia informed on phone saying, “We have given them a day's time to remove the encroachment. But now we have been informed that the concerned agency has sent a report to their higher ups. If they do not remove the encroachment by Friday we will be holding a meeting on March 20."

However, in recent times local border disputes have escalated between both the countries, especially along the sensitive Uttarakhand-Nepal border. The porous border between the two countries and disappearance of border pillars play a part in escalating such disputes from time to time.