Fear of 'gods' to remove the encroachment

'Being a chhaupadi means blooming. It is not a curse. Of course, you can't bear fruit without flowers," she said. "Society's laws don't allow you to stay at home. The women of the rural areas are experiencing this tragedy.'

Her neighborhood is relatively clean. But because of the plague, he is devastated by the pain of having to live in a separate shed. "When representatives of the local government, employees, and people from organizations come and tell us about the disadvantages of living in huts, we feel like resisting, but after returning home, we cannot take any action because of the fear of God," she said. But who will understand our pain?

Jayadevi Adhikari of Guthichour-4 says that she shows her fear of deuta that we should not leave the old tradition. They have forced them to live in the neighborhood by showing fear of the gods. So far we have not seen a deity, but it is not possible to stay at home because of the weakening of the state of mind,' she said. According to the official, most of the houses here have slums. Some women live in the lower floor of the house, keeping it safe and clean. They are not able to participate in the work of cooking and feeding by staying at home.

Sabita and Jayadevi are only representatives. Like her, eight local level women of the district are forced to live in the camp. Governmental and non-governmental organizations are investing huge amounts of money to end the Chhaupadi system, which is a social evil, but there has been no impact on the habit of living together.

Srichandra Pandey of Guthichour-4 is the main dhami of Budu Masto deity. He associates Chhaupadi with religious faith. For him, women are a source of divine power. He does not think that women should live separately during pregnancy. He is of the opinion that women can be made to sleep at home when they are pregnant. He is currently advocating for the village to demolish the camp. He said, "We have changed." We are spreading the message that you shouldn't stay in close quarters when there is an outbreak, but the women themselves are scared and refuse to stay indoors.'

Guthichaur-4 is closely monitoring the outbreak after finding outbreaks in the house. In the first phase, the ward office, which is telling the house-to-door about the disadvantages of living in slums, is now identifying slums.

Guthichaur rural municipality has already decided to deprive the families who don't break the hut and recognize the bad practice from all kinds of facilities. Ward President Tika Dutt Newpan said that all dhamishankris and priests in the ward have been included in the campaign to demolish the slums. Dhami, who does not follow the path of women with chaau, is active in demolishing chaau huts.

Under the leadership of Shanti Malla Bhandari, Vice President of Guthichour Rural Municipality, all 12 villages of Ward 4 have been reached and high vigilance has been maintained. It has been asked to demolish the camp within a week.

According to Vice President Bhandari, social evils such as Chhau Kupra have taken place in the village from those who wrongly define religious beliefs and give priority to old superstitions. Who gave support to the wrong culture of Chhau custom. Deputy Chief Bhandari said that the campaign to destroy the enclave is being started by them.

Sushmita Thapa, Head of Women and Children's Branch, emphasized that women should take a bath and stay clean during the period of confinement. "You should not keep them in the shed when they are affected, instead they should be allowed to rest and fed nutritious food. As this is a very sensitive situation, everyone's attention should be paid to health and safety," she said. "Being touched is not a curse. This is a regular physiological process. There is nothing surprising or unnatural in this.'

41 slums have been found in 12 villages in Guthichaur-4. It is estimated that there may be more than 400 slums in this ward with 840 households. According to Ward President Neupane, there are 5 Chhaupadi Goths in Pyakurebada, 16 in Ukhadi, 6 in Khallawada, 3 in Dashaudi, 7 in Vigare and 4 in Chaurvigare.

Guthichaur 4 Ukhadigau memorial officer said that the campaign started by the local government to demolish the camp. She also became the first woman here to break the siege. Although there is no single data on the number of chaugoths, it is found that even now women sleep with cattle during the chaugoths. Some women have even narrated the experience of being alone in the village when they left the neighborhood and stayed at home.

The municipality president Dan Bahadur Budha said that in the coming days, the municipality will carry out the Chowgoth free campaign with priority. According to him, the first phase of spreading awareness has been completed.

'In the second phase, work is going on to increase the number of slums, to observe the situation of slums and to advise them not to stay in slums,' President Budha said There are 60 wards at the local level. Most of the women used to live in sheds when all the wards had chhaupdi.