A joint meeting of the officials of Pulan County in China's autonomous region and the neighboring districts of Bazhang, Humla and Darchula has been completed.

People's representatives and employees of Bajhang also participated in the two-day meeting held at Taklakot in Pulan. Although the Chinese side organizes such a meeting every year, Bajhang district participated for the first time. The Nepali participants said that in the

meeting, there was a discussion about the exchange of mutual interests and cooperation between China's Pulan County and the bordering districts of Nepal.

Khadak Bohra, Chairman of Surma Rural Municipality of Bajhang, said that the agenda regarding the expansion of the transport network on behalf of Pulan County has been discussed on speeding up the bridge construction work on the border rivers, establishing dry ports in the border area and supporting the districts connected to the border. 

Similarly, the Nepali side has discussed matters such as allowing unrestricted entry to the residents of the bordering districts up to Kailas Mansarovar, a place of traditional religious faith, upgrading the road in the border area, etc., he said.

'On behalf of the Chinese government, the Chinese side has made a commitment to support school buildings, road construction materials and health-related equipment in the bordering districts,' he said, 'talking about the need to relax the strictures on the cultural activities that we have been practicing since tradition. kept They are also positive in our interests.' 

The leadership of the 15-member team, including people's representatives and security officers of Pullan County  Dhundup, the county head, and 24 people from Nepal, including the heads of border municipalities of Humla and Darchula, chief district officers and security chiefs, participated in the meeting.

The Chinese side took the demand of the Nepali side with interest and if the federal government took more initiative in this matter, it would be easier to solve the problem, said Dolma Tamang, the vice president of Saipal Rural Municipality, who participated in the meeting from Bajhang.

'It was understood that the Chinese government did not pay attention to our problem from the highest level,' she said, 'It was found that the Chinese people are sensitive to solving the problem if such issues can be raised in a serious manner during the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister.'

Due to the fact that the locals of the bordering districts are not allowed to enter Mansarovar, the worship of dozens of temples in Bajhang, Humla, Darchula and other districts has been stopped for years. Since it is a tradition to perform the puja only by offering the water of the Mansarovar lake in Tibet, this type of puja has not been possible for six years since the Chinese government banned the entry to the lake.

Lately, due to the tightening of entry into Tibet, problems have also been seen in other traditional trade and cultural relations. Since then, the issue of road upgrading from Hilsa, the border area of ​​Tibet to Simikot, the headquarters of Humla, has also been discussed in the meeting, according to the participating officials from Humla.