The Division Forest Office has informed that 2,168 trees have been cut down for the construction of the Upper Arun Project and access road.
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More than 2,000 trees have been cut down for the construction of the 1,063-megawatt Upper Arun Project in Bhotkhola Rural Municipality.
Trees have been cut from the national forest and community forest of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-2 and 4. Chandralal Rai, Information Officer of the Division Forest Office, said that 2,168 trees have been cut for the construction of the Upper Arun Project and access road.
Rai, Information Officer of the Division Forest Office, said that about 21.08 hectares of trees have been cut from the national forest in Bhotkhola-4 and the Paripakha Community Forest and Makpalung Community Forest areas in Bhotkhola-2 for the construction of the Upper Arun Project and access road.
The project has received permission to use the forest area for 25 years. With this, the work on the access road for the Upper Arun Project has progressed rapidly. The Authority has started work by signing a contract agreement with Gayatri JV of India and Kankai Surunga JV Company of Jhapa for the construction of about 22 kilometers of access road, including a 2.03 kilometer tunnel.
A concrete bridge will also be constructed on the Arun River and Chepuwa on the access road. The access road will be constructed from Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-4, Chhorang, to Bhotkhola-2, Ruku. The NEA has stated that the road is being constructed at a cost of Rs 7.91 billion.
Similarly, more than 14,000 trees have been cut down so far for the construction of various hydropower projects in the district. The Division Forest Office has stated that 14,627 trees from 18 community forests have been cut down for the Arun III Hydropower Project and the Koshi Corridor transmission line. According to the Forest Office, 11 hydropower projects have used forest areas of 6 local levels in the district. 5,400 trees from government forest areas have been cut down to expand electricity alone.
