Around 100 students from Tatopani Secondary School and Gupteshwori Basic School painted the international border pillar number 54(2) in Jomkhola, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-3, white.
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The old border pillars in the Bhotekoshi region, reflecting the historic trade and cultural ties between Nepal and Tibet, are now being forgotten.
But on Friday, children from the border area re-painted the old pillars and hoisted the national flag there.
About 100 students from Tatopani Secondary School and Gupteshwori Basic School painted the international border pillar number 54(2) in Jomkhola, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-3 with white paint.
Teachers, public representatives, and security personnel helped the children paint the pillars and cleaned the old trade route by removing bushes. The program was attended by people's representatives, teachers, and locals from the Sashastra Seema Suraksha Bal Tatopani, Area Police Office Kodari, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-3 and 2.
According to Nima Sona Sherpa, Chairperson of Rural Municipality-3, the observation tour was organized to inform the new generation about the importance of the international border and pillars.
'Through this tour, we provided children with on-site information about the Nepal-Tibet war, old checkpoints, and trade history,' Sherpa said. The children had walked for about three hours through the difficult terrain of the border area to reach the pillar. It took about 6 hours to travel and return.
‘I was very happy to learn about the border pillars and history of my country,’ said Sabina Sherpa, a student in grade 8 at Tatopani Secondary School. Krishna Nepal, a teacher from Tatopani, said that the children were happy and excited about the visit.
Among the border pillars, which are about 11 kilometers away from Liping, Pillar No. 54(2) is located on the Nepal side and 54(1) is located on the China side. Chairman Sherpa informed that the rural municipality spent Rs. 15,000 to run the program.
During the visit, the participants had first-hand study of the geographical location of the border, the protection of the pillars, and the role of the local level in border security.
Along with the old border pillars, BS. During the war between Nepal and Tibet in 1912, the then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana discussed the Duguna Gadhi, built for Nepal's war security. Duguna Gadhi, one of the 10 historical forts of Nepal, was connected to China by an old trade route with this border pillar.
