PIL filed at SC on border issue

Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed on Tuesday in the Supreme Court seeking its order to the government authorities to determine the border of the nation so that controversies regarding border encroachment can be resolved .Claiming that Nepal has been losing its land, advocates Ritubarna Baniya and Gopal Bahadur Pokhrel and Kathmandu resident Mohan Bikram Pokhrel filed the PIL jointly. Claiming that 1773 square miles of land was encroached by the Indian side, they sought the court order to the authorities to take the issue seriously.