The identity card system that was enforced in the Jamunaha check post in the western town of Nepalgunj since November 1st at the Nepal-India border has been ineffective due to lack of proper security arrangement.

The problem emerged after the Jamunaha Police check post was closed following the Maoist attack at the post.

The identity card checking was halted for two weeks following the attack. It then resumed near the custom office from the first week of February, which is not at the border due to security reasons.

Nepal Samacharpatra daily quoted deputy chief of the immigration office Dharma Raj Neupane as saying, “Due to the insecurity in Jamunaha, the identity card check point has been shifted temporarily. Security arrangements are being made in the region and we will soon resume checking the identity cards at the border.”

Neupane further said, “The employees are stationed all day to check the identity cards but if people move along without showing their identity cards, who will stop them? We have stationed our employees to check the identity cards but if the people do not cooperate then we cannot do anything.”

Rajendra Adhikari, chief of the immigration office informed that the preparation for the resumption of the disrupted identity card check at the border is in its final stage. He said, “The administration, security agencies and the concerned authorities have been working to resume the checking.”

The government of Nepal and India had implemented identity card checking system for the first time in Jamunaha checkpoint to stop the illegal activities in the border area.