Kathmandu, June 12: The government has formed a nine-member expert team to collect evidence relating to borders between Nepal and India under the coordination of Executive Chairman of Policy Research Institute Dr. Bishnu Raj Upreti.
Minister for Finance, Communication and Information Technology, Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada, also the government spokesperson, informed about the formation of the expert team on Thursday at press meet organised to make public the decision of the meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday.
Included in the team are international law expert Prof. Dr. Surya Prasad Subedi, historian Ramesh Dhungel, law expert Dr. Bipin Adhikari, water resource expert Jagat Bhusal, former director general of Department of Survey Toya Nath Baral, retired general major Himalaya Thapa, as a woman representative Apsara Chapagai and joint secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ram Prasad Subedi.
