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Some of the teenagers of the new generation have probably never seen or even heard of water tight. The new generation may have to turn to Nepali dictionary to know the meaning of not only ghat, but also ghatera. But the mature faces of the older generation still say that the flour is very sweet.
It is also found that the flour is being marketed in the city market saying that it is ground in water. Ghat, made using all local resources, was an indispensable tool for village life until three decades ago.
Grinding corn, millet, papar, wheat, barley or any grain to make flour was strictly mandatory. Homemade flour was also an alternative tool for making flour. But because it had to be moved by people, there was only a small problem in terms of time and manpower. In the villages, Madhesh and Himals flour was the main source of life, so it was not possible to carry out daily activities without flour.
By changing the structure of the hut made using local wood, stone, bamboo and other materials, some easy measures were started to be adopted in the rural areas from the 50s . Ghateras also started to be happy after modernizing the structure of Ghat with iron.
Kutani and Pisani also increased by nearly 50 percent after the modernization of the Ghats in Melamchi river in Sindhupalchok. Around 300 people were gathered on the banks of the Melamchi river, which is expected to quench Kathmandu's thirst.
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, who became the interim prime minister after the change of 2046, had already announced that Melamchi water would be taken to Kathmandu. In the same Melamchi river, there was a raid of Ghats at that time. After modernizing Ghat, some Ghatera became moneylenders and the locals started telling. Electricity did not reach the area around Melamchi. Locals were full of water-borne ghats.
At that time, the modernization campaign started from Dhading by an organization called GTZ reached Sindhupalchok to modernize Ghat. But there was concern that there would be a problem after the organization slowly withdrew its hands. If the Melamchi project is built, there will be a shortage of drinking water. There was also concern that Ghatera's jobs would be lost due to the Melamchi project.
The field-reporting prepared with similar references was published by Kantipur Daily on 17th Baisakh 2050 under the title 'Melamchi kinar ka naya pani ghat and purana ghateraru'. Along with the news written by journalist Prateek Bhandari, a photograph taken by photojournalist Vikas Rauniyar after reaching Melamchi was published.
presentation: Rishiram Paudyal
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