Indian envoy talks inundation problem with PM Koirala
Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee met with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Tuesday morning at the latter's official residence in Baluwatar and discussed the inundation problems in the Terai.
Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee.
(File photo)
Nepali lawmakers have been raising concern that Terai districts were inundated during the recent rains due to the embankments constructed by the Indian government along the border.
The villagers in Terai have also demanded that the Nepal government must hold talks with Indian authorities immediately to finalise the flood problems being faced by the Nepalis every monsoon.
The talks between Mukherjee and PM Koirala comes a day after the Bihar chief minister on Monday had asked his prime minister to hold talks with the Nepal government to solve the flood problem in Bihar caused by the rivers from Nepal.
India has built a number of embankments along the border with Nepal to control floods in Bihar while it has opposed the construction of embankments by Nepal to control the flood. nepalnews.com ia Aug 07 07
