Opinions sharply divided over holding census in Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura
Opinions sharply divided over holding census in Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura Many say enumerators will be barred from entering the disputed areas by Indian forces. India in May announced the opening of a road link in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh via the Lipulekh pass. RSS File Photo bookmark 171 facebook twitter mail Anil Giri Published at : September 21, 2020 Updated at : September 21, 2020 08:47 Kathmandu As the National Planning Commission and its Central Bureau of Statistics are all set to hold the 12th National Population and Housing Census from May 28 next year, a big question that the political and administrative leaderships are confronting is if it is possible to conduct the count in Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura, the areas that India claims too, and in what way. The government is conducting the once-a-decade census employing more than 40,000 enumerators and 9,000 supervisors to carry out a nationwide door-to-door survey. [Read: Even as K...