Nepal, India clash over Indian-built barrage: News from Asian Economic News. Just five days before Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala embarks on a visit to India, the two neighbors have clashed over a barrage and dam recently built by India on its side of the border. Nepal says India built the 13.6-kilometer Laxmanpur Barrage, without consulting Nepal, only 4.25 kilometers from the Nepal-India border. The dam has caused inundation in Nepalese territory and thousands of people from 33 villages have had to be evacuated, the Nepalese side said. A Nepalese parliamentary committee has said the construction of the dam and barrage on the Rapti River is a violation of the international law. But the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said the barrage is 8 km from the border, the requirement according to international practice. But Nepalese Foreign Minister Chakra Prasad Bastola told the official RSS news agency Wednesday the Indian dam has in fact inundated Nepalese territory and India's version that Nepal remained unaffected was not acceptable.