At least 12 Nepali people were injured in a clash between Nepali and Indian nationals at Tilathi in Saptari district on Thursday.

The clash ensued after Nepali side removed the makeshift levee that the Indian side had built allegedly encroaching no-man’s-land. The local people in Tilathi claimed the levee could inundate settlements in the Nepali territory.

The locals of bordering areas in Nepal and India hurled stones at each other. Dev Narayan Yadav, the former chairman of District Development Committee in Saptari, Roshan Kumar Jha, Harsha Karna sustained serious head injuries in the incident. The injured are undergoing treatment at Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital and other hospitals in the district, said police. Security has been strengthened on both sides of the border to prevent any untoward incidents.

The locals on the Indian side started making the levee on Wednesday after a dam was destroyed by the rain-swollen Khado stream despite protest on the Nepali side. The local administration had also requested the Indian side not to carry out the construction work.

Tilathi, Rampura Malhaniya, Sakarpura, Iharwa, Koiladi, Barsain among other VDCs in Nepal are at the risk of inundation, said Dev Narayan. 

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