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| Kathmandu, Thursday June 19, 2003 Ashadh 05, 2060. |
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Gross violation
This refers to Bikash Thapa’s news story
"Mahalisagar bund construction over", dated June 17, 2003, TKP.
India gives a damn to a small sovereign
country whenever it intends to construct dams or barrages or bunds near the border across
those rivers, which flow through Nepal. It is not surprising to read such stories on your
daily paper as such unilateral construction takes place almost every year. And I do not
understand why the political leaders like GP Koirala, Madhav Kumar Nepal and Sher Bahadur
Deuba do not raise their voice against India.
I wonder how the newly installed Surya
Bahadur Thapa government reacts, if at all, to this unilateral Indian construction of
Mahalisagar bund. India will do its utmost to see to it that Nepal does not raise any
objection to India’s violation of mutual understanding between India and Nepal on
water resources.
Any lapses on the part of the authorities on
both sides of the border will have a boomerang effect on both. Therefore, they cannot be
ignored.
Nar Prasad Niraula,
Ghattekulo, Kathmandu |
