India, Nepal district officials to hold talks over encroachment in Tanakpur

Nepalese officials had assured that the plantation drive in the no man's land on the border area near Tanakpur will be stopped

District officials of Champawat in India and Nepal's Kanchanpur will hold talks to resolve allegations that Nepalese citizens have encroached on "no man's land" near the border in Tanakpur, said an Indian police officer on Wednesday.

Lokeshwar Singh, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Champawat, said Nepalese officials had carried out a survey of the pillar number 811, the location in question.

"We had held talks with the concerned authorities in Kanchanpur district, Nepal over the situation at pillar number 811. We raised our concerns, they surveyed the area around pillar number 811, a talk between the district officials from both India