Apr 6, 2017- An area near Nepal-India border in Gobargadha Tapu, Saptari, is being taken over by some families who have migrated from across the Indian border town.
These émigrés, who hails from the village of Kataiya in Supaul district of Indian state of Bihar, have started to build huts and plant crops on the land that is located 5 km inside the border, the area that falls under the sovereignty of Nepal.
Surtal Mukhiya is one of the people, who have migrated from his native land, in India, to Gobargadha Tapu, where he is growing wheat on a land spread over nearly 10 bighas or 1.6 hectares. He has also built a hut next to the plantation. Mukhiya claimed he and his family had been coming to Gobargadha Tapu to plant crops for some years now. Apparently, he has no qualms about occupying a land illegally, let alone a land in a foreign country.
“We live in India during monsoon and return after the monsoon has ended to grow our crops here,” he said.
These émigrés, who hails from the village of Kataiya in Supaul district of Indian state of Bihar, have started to build huts and plant crops on the land that is located 5 km inside the border, the area that falls under the sovereignty of Nepal.
“We live in India during monsoon and return after the monsoon has ended to grow our crops here,” he said.
