Nepal on Monday began the repair work of 317 border pillars in the Jhapa district of Koshi province along the border with India.
A technical team from the Armed Police Force, Bhadrapur-2, launched the drive by repairing the reference border pillar (No 91/1) under the permanent border pillar (No 55) at Satighatta of Mechinagar Municipality-7, local media reports said.
The pillar repair work was jointly inaugurated by Mechinagar Mayor Gopal Chandra Budhathoki, Bhadrapur Municipality Mayor Ganesh Pokharel, brigade chief of the APF number 1 brigade headquarters Anjani Kumar Pokharel and Nepal Police chief in Koshi Province Rajesh Nath Bastola.