Home Minister directs agencies to coordinate to stop illegal import, export at border checkpoints

BIRGUNJ, PARSA: Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak has directed the bodies concerned to work in coordination with other bodies in order to stop illegal import and export taking place at border checkpoints.

During the meeting of the Revenue Leakage Control Coordination Committee organised at the District Administration Office, Parsa, today, Minister Lekhak urged all bodies concerned, including the local administration, customs offices, and the three security bodies, to coordinate and cooperate to stop smuggling.

“I request all the bodies concerned to move ahead, making coordination among each other to control revenue leakage as well as to take necessary initiatives to control other criminal activities taking place in border areas,” mentioned Home Minister Lekhak.

Similarly, Chief Customs Administrator at Birgunj Customs Office, Bishnu Prasad Gyawali, shared that revenue collection of Birgunj Customs Office had increased in the last fiscal year as compared to the previous fiscal year. He expected that the office would be able to collect the revenue as per its target in the current fiscal year, stating that it is necessary that all bodies concerned should join hands to control smuggling.

Likewise, Chief of the Revenue Investigation Office, Pathalaiya, Hari Prasad Sharma; Madhesh Province’s Nepal Police Chief; Chief District Officer of Parsa, Toya Narayan Subedi; and Uma Prasad Chaturvedi also expressed their views on the occasion.