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The exercise was carried out by senior police officers along the India-Nepal border, other sensitive areas and the forest region, said Ramchandra Rajguru, SP Pithoragarh.Some of these areas were Pangla, Dharchula, Baluakor, Jauljabi, Askot, Kanalichhina, Jhulaghat.Teams belonging to SSB, forest department and revenue police cover 20 to 25-km area along the border, Rajguru added.Notably, SSB teams regularly patrol the Indo-Nepal border areas. Pithoragarh: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, a joint team of Pithoragarh police, in coordination with Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), forest department and revenue police, conducted a combing operation along the 150-km long India-Nepal border.The operation was conducted to check any Maoist related activity, illegal arms workshop and hooch manufacturing units. The operations are likely to continue until March 18. However, joint combing is required since the district has a large forest cover under police jurisdiction.The officials also appealed to local gram pradhans and other locals to inform them of any anti-social activities in the area.There were no anti-social activities found during the combing operations, he further said..