Windscreens of 4 vehicles have been broken right here in Dharchula, a border city, and their drivers needed to bounce into Kali river to save lots of themselves as they have been attacked with stones from Nepal, officers mentioned on Saturday.

“Indian workers were attacked once again from the Nepal side on Friday,” SDO irrigation division Farhan Ahmad mentioned.

The assault had been one of many a number of such launched previously few days from throughout the border towards Indian employees engaged within the building of a security wall alongside Kali river, the official mentioned on Saturday.

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Windscreens of two dumper and two tipper vehicles have been damaged within the stone throwing, which have been launched right here through catapults, he mentioned.

A security wall is being in-built Dharchula alongside Kali river which flows between the 2 nations.

Some components in Nepal are against its building and have been throwing stones on Indian employees to disrupt work on the web site.

“It will be difficult to continue work if such incidents are not stopped by the administration,” Ahmad mentioned.

Dharchula SDM Divesh Shashni mentioned that he has knowledgeable the District Magistrate concerning the incident.

Indian officers will take up the matter with their Nepalese counterparts if such incidents happen in future.

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Dharchula residents mentioned when Nepal was developing a safety wall on its aspect there was no opposition from India however Nepalese hostile components had stopped work for the eleventh time until Friday.

“They are testing our patience. If such incidents continue, we will have to force closure of the border bridge on Kali to stop Nepalese citizens from entering into India,” mentioned Prema Kutiyal, a Councillor of Dharchula Nagar Palika.