A study conducted by Area Police Office, Pashupatinagar, and the border administration with the help of Indian Seema Surakshya Baal has revealed that only 104 out of 109 pillars are intact along the border between Nepal and India in Ilam.[break]
Border administration chief Yagya Raj Acharya said the main pillar no. 58/9 at Ahal Gauri and subsidiary pillars 71/21, 71/22 and 71/23 at Hile are missing.
The 10-day study also found that two subsidiary pillars 72/3 and 72/4 on the Indo-Nepal border between Pashupatinagar and Sri Antu VDC have also gone missing.
During the course of the study, the team faced problems to identify the main pillars and subsidiary pillars as both of them look similar, said Police Inspector Devendra Pandey.
Two subsidiary pillars – 19/2 at Gorkhe-4 and another 72/7 at Sri Antu-8 – have been completely damaged, according to the team.
Acharya said some shepherds were found using border pillars as the logs to chop meat, adding that 19 pillars need immediate repair.
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