Millions of devotees go for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra every year through this route, with the road being built in Lipulekh, now this Yatra can be done in just three days.
In 2015, when India signed a trade route agreement with China via the Lipulekh route, Nepal objected to not consulting it before the agreement.
New Delhi. India-Nepal border dispute has once again erupted. This time there is a cause for controversy- Road. This road is being constructed between Ghatiabgarh and Lipulekh Pass near Uttarakhand-Nepal border. Its length is 80 km.
Nepal is surrounded by India in three directions. East, West and South. India and Nepal have a 1 thousand 808 km long border. Why the controversy even after that? So the reason is that Nepal is claiming Lipulekh as its share and is objecting to the construction of this road.
We will further explain the Indo-Nepal border dispute. But first understand why this road is being built.
Millions of devotees go for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra every year. This Kailash Mansarovar is in Tibet. The same Tibet, on which China asserts its power.
We have three ways to visit Kailash Mansarovar. The first route is Nathula Pass in Sikkim. The other way is Nepal. And the third way is Uttarakhand.
The distance between Nathula Pass and Kailash Mansarovar in Sikkim is 90 km. While the journey to Mansarovar through Nepal starts from Kathmandu and from there the distance to Mansarovar is more than 540 km.
However, the journey from Lipulekh to Mansarovar is only 90 km. The journey to Mansarovar via Nepal and Sikkim takes more than 20 days. And since there is a road in Lipulekh, this trip can now be done in just three days.
So the road to Uttarakhand is shorter compared to Sikkim and Nepal. Another advantage is that most of it comes from India compared to the other two routes.
Now also understand that Uttarakhand road also has three parts. Part One - Tawaghat from Pithoragarh. Its length is 107 kilometers. The second part is - from Tawaghat to Ghatiabgarh. Which is 19.5 kilometers long. And the third part is - Lipulekh pass from Ghatiabgarh. Its length is 80 kilometers.
There is only road from Pithoragarh to Tawaghat. But there is a single lane between Tawaghat and Ghatiabgarh. And the third part which is Lipulekh from Ghatiabgarh, has become a road in 76 km out of 80 km. And by the end of this year the rest of the road will be the same. The reason this road took so long to build is that this is a whole mountainous area.
The road was inaugurated by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on May 8 via video conferencing. It was then that Nepal objected to the construction of this road.
Why does Nepal matter?
Lipulekh Pass comes at the end of the Indian border. The road is being built where the borders of India, Nepal and China (Tibet) meet.
When Rajnath Singh inaugurated the road on May 8, the next day, May 9, Nepal's foreign ministry issued a press release objecting to it.
Press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on 9 May. It is claimed that Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh are part of Nepal.
Claimed that the inscription falls in the part of Nepal. Therefore, the construction of the road is wrong. Nepal also mentioned the Sugauli Treaty of March 1816.
The Ministry of External Affairs of Nepal has written that the eastern part of the Mahakali River belongs to Nepal. It includes not only Lipulekh but also Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.
But the cause of this controversy is the Mahakali river. Also called Sharda river in India. The river Mahakali is made up of different streams. There are different opinions about its place of origin.
That is why it is considered the place of origin. Because the place of origin is Limpiyadhura. Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani become part of Nepal.
While India says that all the currents of the river Mahakali flow into the village of Kalapani. That is why it is considered to be the source of the river. India also says that the main stream in the Sugauli Treaty was considered a river. It is wrong to consider the inscription as part of Nepal.
Map of Nepal before 1816.
Now let's talk about the Sugauli Treaty
One has to go back in history to know the Sugauli Treaty. In 1765, Prithvinarayan Shah established the Gorkha Empire in Nepal. Under his leadership, the Gorkhas united the small kingdoms and empires of Nepal.
Then in 1790 the Gorkhas invaded Tibet. China sided with Tibet and forced the Gorkhas to make a treaty in 1792.
After being expelled from there, the Gorkhas returned to India and within 25 years the Gorkhas had asserted their claim over Sikkim, Garhwal and Kumaon in India.
So the battle between the East India Company and Nepal began. This battle lasted from 1814 to 1816. Nepal lost two-thirds of its battle in this battle. However, that was the part that Nepal snatched from India
Amidst the fighting, the Treaty of Sugauli was signed between the East India Company and Nepal on December 2, 1815. Sugauli is a city in Champaran, Bihar. The treaty was made here.
The treaty was signed by Lt. Col. Paris Bradshaw from the company and Rajguru Gajraj Mishra from Nepal. The treaty was signed in 1815, but came into force on March 4, 1816.
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Under the treaty, Nepal had to relinquish its control over Sikkim, Garhwal and Kumaon. Before the war with the British, Nepal had asserted its right to the Sutlej river in the west and the Teesta river in the east. But then their right was limited to Mahakali river in the west and Maichi river in the east.
