A team of soldiers from the Nepal Army's Bhim Dal Battalion based in Salleri, Dhankuta, is on a four-day 'Bijaypurgadhi-Sangurigadhi, Pakhribas Nishan' trek to convey a message of national unity.
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A Nepali Army team that set out from Bijaypur in Sunsari on Sunday to trace the unification route has arrived in Dharamshala in Dhankuta on Tuesday. The Nepali Army team set out to trace the main route used by Prithvi Narayan Shah's army during the unification of Nepal.
A team of Nepali Army's Bhimdal Battalion based in Salleri, Dhankuta is on a four-day 'Bijaypurgadhi-Sangurigadhi, Pakhribas Nishan' trek to convey a message of national unity. The army started the trek from Bijaypurgadhi in Sunsari on Poush 10, on the occasion of National Unity Day and 304th Earth Day.
On Sunday, the army contingent was bid farewell by Dharan Sub-metropolitan City Mayor Harkaraj Rai Sampang, Army Eastern Division Headquarters Itahari Commander Lieutenant Gaurav Kumar KC, and Brigade Commander Diwakar Bikram Rana of Brigade No. 2 in Hile, among others.
Carrying the Nepali national flag, the Eastern Front Headquarters Itahari, the 2nd Battalion Base Hill, the Bhagwati Dal Battalion of Sunsari and the Bhim Dal Battalion of Dhankuta Salleri, the army team set out from Bijaypur Garhi on Sunday morning and climbed Sangurigadhi on the same day. Hundreds of ordinary people, students, representatives of organizations, historians, representatives of other security agencies, journalists and people's representatives had joined the trek since early morning.
The team that set off from Sangurigadhi on Monday had come to Dharapani, Ghante, Phedi and Mulghat and stayed there. The team that set off from Mulghat towards Mahang on Tuesday morning reached Dharamshala via Belhara in the evening.
The team led by the assistant soldiers of the Nepali Army's Bhim Dal Battalion in Salleri, Dhankuta, was welcomed by people's representatives, students and locals with tika, abir and flower garlands on the integration trail.
Bhim Dal Gana Salleri, which is retracing the main route used by Prithvi Narayan Shah's army during the unification of Nepal, informed Ganesh Thapa, the chief of the Ganapati, who is walking. He said that the army's trek will enhance history and increase the sense of national unity. Thapa said that the army's 'Bijaypurgadhi-Sangurigadhi, Pakhribas Nishan' trek will end on Wednesday after reaching Pakhribas Municipality.
