Kathmandu, June 24: The sixth meeting of the Nepal-India Survey Officials’ Committee (SOC) concluded in Kathmandu Friday. The three-day meeting had begun on January 21. Deputy-Director General of Survey Department Sureshman Sherestha headed the Nepali team to the meeting while UK and West UPGDC, Survey of India Rajiv Shriwastav led the Indian side.
The meeting reviewed the survey works carried out along the Nepal-India border.
The meeting also reviewed the progress and achievements following the formation of the Boundary Working Group (BWG) in 2014 for the survey of the border.
Of the total 8,553 border pillars erected between the no man’s land between Nepal and India, only 4,060 pillars have been inspected as of now. Of them 1,470 were repaired while 603 new border pillars were built in the places of dilapidated ones or missing ones, according to the Department.
The meeting has ended on the note that it would be meeting in the coming September following that BWG’s upcoming meeting scheduled for upcoming August in India. RSS
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