By Xinhua
Kathmandu : Vigilance along Nepal-India border is being beefed up to contain the violence in the southern Nepal’s Terai region and to strengthen the security along 1,700 km-plus open and porous border.
Nepal’s Home Secretary Umesh Prasad Mainali and his Indian counterpart Madhukar Gupta reached the decision during a two-day secretarial-level meeting that concluded here Wednesday, according to the leading website eKantipur.com.
During the meeting, the two governments also agreed to reactivate district level committees, comprising chief of the security agencies of both countries, to exchange security related information.
Both countries, and especially the urban centres in the Terai region, are witnessing increased cross-border criminal activities in recent years.
Nepal and India have also agreed to enforce a special security arrangement for Nepal’s constituent assembly elections scheduled for Nov 22 to prevent any untoward incidents during the polls.
A task force, comprising security officials of both sides, would work out the security plan.