APF team leaves to establish border post at Chhangru, Darchula

A team has left Kathmandu Wednesday for Darchula district for setting up an Armed Police Force (APF) unit in that area for securing the border around the Lipu Lekh area. APF's border outpost (BOP) is being set up at Chhangru of Byas rural municipality in Darchula district.

An APF contingent will be airlifted to Chhangru today by a Nepal Army's MI-17 helicopter. The APF unit will mobilize for border security in the area after India unilaterally constructed and inaugurated a road by encroaching on Nepali territory. India has constructed road from Pithoragadh to Lipubhanjyang via Gunji of Kalapani on the Nepali side of the border. The road connects Pithoragadh to Manasarovar of China.