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Nepal, India adopt updated modalities of boundary pillars inspection, repair

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Director General, Department of Survey, Nepal, Prakash Joshi, and Surveyor General of India, Shri Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana, among other officials attending the 7th meeting of Nepal-India Boundary Working Group in India on Tuesday. (Photo: RSS)

The 7th meeting of Nepal-India Boundary Working Group (BWG) concluded in India by adopting updated modalities for the inspection, repair and maintenance of boundary pillars along the Nepal and India boundary.

The meeting concluded on Tuesday also agreed on the need to adopt new technologies in the domain of survey and mapping in order to make the work of the BWG and its associated mechanisms more efficient, according to a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry.

The Nepali delegation was led by Director General, Department of Survey, Prakash Joshi, and the Indian delegation by Surveyor General of India, Shri Hitesh Kumar S. Makwana.

The meeting reviewed the implementation of the outcomes of the 6th BWG Meeting held in August 2019 in Dehradun as well as the progress of works of the 11th Survey Officials’ Committee (SOC) Meeting held in September 2019 in Dehradun.

The meeting concluded with the signing of agreed minutes. Both sides agreed to hold the next meeting of the Survey Officials’ Committee (SOC) in Nepal in August 2025 and the next meeting of the BWG in Nepal at a mutually convenient date.

The BWG is a joint body constituted by the Governments of Nepal and India in 2014 to carry out works in the fields of construction, restoration and repair of boundary pillars and other technical tasks.

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