Unidentified persons from Nepal pelted stones on workers constructing embankment on River Kali in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand on Sunday. The incident left a Nepalese worker injured.

• The stone pelting comes towards the backdrop of Nepalese organisations objecting to development of an embankment over the Kali river by India.
• Sunday’s stone pelting passed off on the Dharchula space. A couple of employees have been reportedly injured within the incident.
• India has maintained that the embankment is being constructed by itself facet and it shouldn’t hassle the Himalayan nation.
• According to experiences, the Kali river, additionally known as Sharda river and Mahakali river, originates at Kalapani within the Himalayas in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It flows alongside Nepal’s western border with India.t.