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VOL. 28, NO. 13, Dec 05, 2008 (Mangsir 20 2065 B.S.)
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Nepalko Uttari Sima
Kshetriya Prashasan
Nepal's Northern Border and Regional Administration
By: Tulsi Narayan Shrestha
Price: Rs. 225.00
Published by: Tulsi Narayan Shrestha
Pages: 229
Border Administration
Tulsi Narayan's new book discusses about Nepal's northern border and regional administration
By A CORRESPONDENT
Divided into three ecological zones, Nepal shares its border with India in south, west and east and China in north. Nepal's northern border with China is more than 1400 kilometres in length. Though it is geographically very hostile, there live thousands of people in Nepal in those mountainous regions.
From the world's highest peak to other mountains, the northern part of Nepal has also many passes which facilitates the trade between the countries. The people living in Nepal's northern sides depend on Chinese market to survive. In this context, it is a matter of interest for Nepal to know what the scope of administration is and how administration functions in northern part of Nepal.
This is what professor Tulsi Narayan discuses in his new book Nepal's northern border and regional administration. Along with taking care of administrative activities, one of the main functions of regional administration in northern Nepal is to see boundary management and regulate the border as per the agreements signed between the two countries.
Based on his three decade old research for doctorate from Rajasthan University, Shrestha has published this new book. He has done intensive study of literature and conducted more than six months visits of various northern districts. This book also includes vary valuable documents and other important books.
According to author Shrestha some of the documents included in this book are very valuable since one cannot find these documents now.
The book is divided into several chapters. The first chapter discuses about the needs of creating northern regional administration. In this chapter, the author highlights the situation of northern Nepal and needs of the people living in the region.
Second chapter is all about the characteristic of northern border regional administration. In this chapter, Shrestha discuses how it is different from the rest of administrative units and how it is distinct in terms of functioning and role of administrator.
Nepal's northern border administration has a long history as it was started centuries ago. Nepal has seen many ups and downs and disputes in northern areas in the past. There was a major dispute in 1774.
In this context one needs to read all about Nepal's northern border. Author Shrestha has made several efforts to bring it out to the public. Some of the documents included in this book are very valuable to see how Nepal's northern border administration functioned in various times and various political periods.
The third chapter deals with northern border regional administration's structure and role of regional administrator. In this chapter, author highlights the important role the regional administrator has to play in the context of regional administration.
In fourth chapter, author Shrestha reviews the documents about Nepal's northern border and its administrative structure.
Although the book is written in Nepali language, it helps a lot to all scholars and students of public administration who want to know about Nepal's northern boundary.
