[caption id="attachment_45557" align="alignnone" width="872"]File Photo File Photo[/caption] Kathmandu, 5 December: The government is a silent spectator while India is building unauthorized concrete structures by pushing the flow of Mahakali towards Nepal. There have been stone pelting three times in the last one year. The risk of unpleasant incidents has increased as the government has become complacent without taking diplomatic steps to resolve the problem through dialogue. India is about to build a road by raising an embankment in the river's natural flow. This has not only eroded the boundaries of the river, the Mahakali now flows only through the land towards Nepal. The risk of flood and erosion has increased in Khalanga Bazaar and surrounding areas, residents of Khalanga area have been protesting against it for a long time and the government has remained silent spectator. The structure being built by India is against the international treaty.  As per the Helsinki Treaty 1962, structures cannot be built in the border area in such a way as to adversely affect each other and to change the natural course of rivers and streams. Both Nepal and India are parties to the treaty. For the prevention and control of natural disasters and calamities, structures can be built in coordination and consent of both countries.  However, India has violated international law in the Mahakali area. An official communication forwarded  by the District Administration Office Darchula to his Indian counterpart in Pithoragarh administration a year ago relating to the rising tension between the local residents of the two countries over the construction of embankment has not yet received a reply. On the contrary, the Indian side has advanced the structure construction at a fast pace. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not interested in enquiring about it. People's News Monitoring Service