Kathmandu, Apr. 19: A meeting of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Committee here today held discussions on the regional works of the Nepal-India border.

At the meeting Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation and Culture Tarini Datta Chataut asserted that the government would not leave even an inch of Nepalese territory and border pillar would be erected at the specified areas in accordance with the treaty signed between the two countries.

MP Mangal Siddhi Manandhar pointed out that Mahakali river flowing through Limpiyadhura should be made the basis according to the Sugauli Treaty, and the government should give information on border encroachment at various places including Kalapani, Susta, Tilathi and Pashupatinagar.

MP Narayan Man Bijukchhe said encroachment of border at 65 places had been talked about at the parliament and the committee and details of the encroachment should be made available.

Joint secretary at the Ministry of Land Reforms and Management Punya Prasad Oli said there has been no border dispute between Nepal and India but difference has been seen in their behaviour and the map. Ad the details concerning border was not clear after the Sugauli Treaty, he added.

At the beginning of the meeting, director general of the Department of Survey Babu Ram Acharya, referring to the progress made by the joint technical committee so far, informed that there was no border dispute from the policy point of view at the places where border has been demarcated.

Likewise at the meeting of the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (pac), the secretary at the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation who was invited to the meeting said the Ministry had directed the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation (rnac) to call tender to either purchase or lease aircraft, but it leased the aircraft by violating the aircraft.

A three-member committee has been formed to look into this and the rnac executive chairman has been called back to the Ministry by appointing another person in his place, he added.

Coordinator of the study sub-committee on the purchase of aircraft and rnac board member Shankar Prasad Koirala informed the meeting that purchase of a wide-bodied aircraft from a manufacturing company was recommended.

The meeting was chaired by committee chiarman Subhas Nemwang.

Meanwhile, chairman of the House of Representatives State Affairs Committee Homnath Dahal presided over the committee’s meeting here today.

The meeting held extensive discussions on the administrative irregularities pertaining to the parliament secretariat and the details received from the Ministry of Information and Communications in the context of holding discussions on administrative irregularities as mentioned in the annual report of the Public Services Commission.

Meanwhile, a meeting of the study sub-committee concerning works and transport constituted under the House Of Representatives Development Committee was held here today under the convenorship of sub-committee convenor Krishna Prasad Dahal.

At the meeting, detailed information were received on the activities being carried out so far by the department of roads, department of transport management, and national construction company of Nepal.