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The Umakunda rural municipality of Ramechhap has banned the mining of river materials in Likhu river. The municipality has stopped the under-construction hydropower project in Likhu river saying that it has affected the environment by excavating the river indiscriminately.
Chairman Sher Bahadur Sunuwar said that the executive committee meeting held on December 15 of the municipality banned the extraction of river materials from Likhu river. He said that until the report of IEE and EIA is prepared from the Likhu River, the mining of stone, gravel and sand has been stopped.
'We have stopped the hydropower projects for the time being due to the increase in the complaints that the environment has been affected by the random excavation of the river,' he said - break The locals repeatedly told the municipality that the various hydropower projects being constructed by Dugad Group in Likhu river are mining and exploiting natural resources from the river against the law. They have been asking to stop it.
In the Likhu Khola area of the Gourishankar conservation area, the locals have complained that the wild animals are also being affected due to the excavation of river products and the work affecting the environment.
Locals have complained to the Municipality and Conservation Area that the water sources have dried up due to indiscriminate excavation and even wild animals have started entering the settlement. Locals have said that by drying up the river to generate electricity, aquatic life and wildlife have also been affected.
