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Nepali territory said to be encroached by Indian nationals near Suklaphanta in Kanchanpur. Photo courtesy: BBC Nepali Service.

Kathmandu, January 9: Officials said setting up a post of the Nepal Army and conducting regular patrols has been initiated due to the encroachment of Indian farmers on Nepali land near the Shuklaphanta National Park in Kanchanpur for many years. Last month, two Indian nationals were arrested on the charge of wheat farming in the Nepali land by crossing the Nepal-India border.

Officials said that Indian farmers come to cultivate wheat in winter on the land near a canal passing through Sikarital located in the national park, reports BBC Nepali News Service. An official of the park said that due to lack of infrastructure including roads to go there from the Nepal side, regular patrolling could not be done.

The district court of Kanchanpur has allowed the Police to keep the two Indians cultivating Nepali under Police detention.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak told a meeting of the State Administration and Good Governance Committee of the House of Representatives on Monday that the government is committed to protecting the Nepali land.

People’s News Monitoring Service.