Kapilvastu, Aug. 20 -- The government authorities are yet to erect five boundary pillars along the Nepal-India border that had collapsed in floods last month.

Fearing possible border disputes, the locals worry that the collapsed border pillars might gradually be swept away.

"The collapsed pillars will be swept away if the stream gets flooded again. Nobody from the government has visited the area to reconstruct the pillars," said Rajendra Yadav, a local.

The floods on July 13 damaged five border pillars in the local streams at Bijayanagar Rural Municipality of Kapilvastu. Floodwaters from the Chirai stream in Bijayanagar had damaged four pillars that separate Thakurapur of Nepal and Balarampur of India. Dinesh Chaudhary, ward chairman o...