Birgunju (Parsa), Aug 31: Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has directed the bodies concerned to work, coordinating with other bodies, in order to stop illegal import and export taking place in check points.
During the meeting of Revenue Leakage Control Coordination Committee organised at the District Administration Office, Parsa, today, he urged all bodies concerned including 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 of Birgunj Customs Office, Bishnu Prasad Gyawali shared that revenue collection of Birgunj Customs Office had increased in last fiscal year as compared to 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 was necessary that all bodies concerned should join hands to control smuggling.
Likewise, Chief of Revenue Investigation Office, Pathalaiya, Hari Prasad Sharma, and Madhes province’s Nepal Police chief, Chief District Office of Parsa, Toya Narayan Subedi and Uma Prasad Chaturvedi, also expressed their views on the occasion.
