Hi all, I thought this is one of the most useful/essential topic of discussion in sajha.com for solving/rethinking the age old dispute between India and Nepal. I am highlighting below some information and suggestions in this matter. If any fellow sajha member pass-on this message/information to relevant government authorities in Nepal through proper channel I will be very thankful to him bcoz it will benefit all of us. As per international border practice Zero line between two countries are formed by border pillars which are in the form of Large Main Pillers (marked MPxxxx) separated by small subpillers (marked S1, S2, Sxx ?.). Along the alignment of Zero Line there is a no men?s land on both sides upto an agreed distance ( In case of India-Bangladesh border it is 150+Zero Line+150 yards) in which both the countries are not allowed to use this land for any military related and other strategic construction. So my suggestion/advice is to take the advantage of latest technology of taking the positions of Main Pillars and subpillers using Electronic Total Station and GPS systems in the form of Coordinates (I hope we all know the coordinate geometry). This results into the fixing of firm and final Zero line between two countries. Above all it will never be possible to change this even if there is a change in topographical features of terrain (I think this is the best method). As far as expenditure in obtaining such coordinates is concern it is economically a very cheaper method (It costs around NR 15,000 to NR 20,000 per kilometers) as compared to construction of border fencing work. (I am not sure whether RNA is having these entire essential databases in the form of Longitude and Latitude) It is also an acceptable fact that construction of fencing results into stopping cross border terrorism, smuggling, activities of anti-social elements and possession of other country?s land. The people living along such stretches will definitely realize the benefit of fencing. It will give good feeling among the population that their crop field, cattle & other belongings would be much safer then because of erection of fencing. But in practical a 'good' number of people would have to be evicted from the border villages to allow the fences to be put up and as such they need rehabilitation. Also cost of construction of border fencing involves huge investment depending upon type of fencing we?ll construct which I think is not a practical solution for us bcoz of ongoing present economic condition of Nepal. Even yearly maintenance of such fencing structure cost us a lot. I also want to know more about Indo-Nepal border agreement in future messages. Carry on????