The Indian Forest Department has started digging a ditch (drain) near the Dasgaja side of the Nepal-India border. Since two weeks ago, they have dug a deep trench in the border area of ​​about 15 km connected with Bardia using a shovel.

Despite the armed police force stopping the digging of pits near Dasgaja in Surajpur, Gulria Municipality-8, Indian forest workers forcibly dug them. There has also been a dispute as to why Indian forest workers are not allowed to dig trenches in their land. 

Taking advantage of the absence of Nepali security personnel during the armed conflict, the forest workers started digging a one-way trench to clear the border. Locals complain that there is no drainage of water in the place where the trenches are built, causing floods in the Nepalese territory.

Ran Bahadur Khatri of Badhaiyatal rural municipality-2, Futaha, said that even if they go to dig a pit in Nepali territory, even if they put up a fence to avoid wild animals, they will uproot it and throw it away. "There is no objection to digging a ditch on Indian land near Dasgaja," he said, "After making a ditch, there is a risk of the water flowing from there not being drained, but there is a risk of flooding towards Nepal." On the condition of anonymity, the Indian forest officials have claimed that the trenches were dug in their own boundaries. India's border with Bardia is 83 km.

Most of the terrain is dense forest. As the border is India's Katarniaghat wildlife reserve, the Indian forest officials said that trenches were also dug to prevent wild animals from entering Nepal. The Nepal-India border has been dug by a joint surveying team where it has not been separated.

Chief District Officer Surendra Paudel said that the boundaries will be delineated with the help of GPS technology, so it cannot be changed. Two decades ago, Indians built a paved road in Dashagaja by cutting the border pillar number 61 in Gulria municipality. The road was constructed by the Indian Roads Department.