Tourists who reach Nepal's only game reserve, Dhorpatan, are forced to suffer due to lack of infrastructure. Locals said that although the hunters reached the block twice a year with helicopters, tourists did not come as expected.

Due to the lack of roads, insufficient drinking water and the lack of comfortable hotels to stay in when tourists arrive, tourists are forced to return after a short stay. The locals have been demanding that Dhorpatan valley should be separated from the hunting reserve to increase tourists. 

At present, the 36 km unpaved road from Burtiwang to Dhorpatan has become a problem for tourists. Since the Saljhandi Dhorpatan road project has not been completed for 16 years, tourists have not been able to reach Dhorpatan easily. Sagar Gharti, a local, said that the reserve did not support the connection of Dhorpatan valley to Rukum's Taksera and Madhyapahari Lokmarg Patihalne.

"If the said road can be connected, the residents of Karnali province will also be able to visit Dhorpatan easily," said Gharti, "The road under construction has been lying idle for sixteen years." Their demand is that the road from Burtiwang to Dhorpatan should be paved immediately.

Even the road that was destroyed by the flood and landslide of 2077 has not yet been built, so the travelers who are forced to go are also suffering. Federal State Minister of Forests, Forest Minister of Gandaki Province along with the members of the Provincial Assembly reached Dhorpatan and explored the possibility of development. They said that they will take initiative in solving legal and procedural problems for development.

Even though more than 10 km of Gadi Khola Chamedwar Dhorpatan road, which has been constructed, has been blacked out, the road is stuck because the road track cannot be opened near Aarksh . Ward no. of Dhorpatan Municipality, which is lagging behind in development as the proposed road could not be opened. Chairman of 9 Khim Bahadur Gharti said.

According to Pashupati Adhikari, information officer of Dhorpatan hunting reserve, 15,770 Nepali tourists and 160 foreigners visited Dhorpatan last financial year. By the end of February of the current year, more than 10,700 people have visited and 120 foreign citizens have visited.

According to this ratio, it is estimated that 18 thousand more tourists will come in the current year. According to the official, an entry fee of Rs 100 per person will be charged for Nepalis, Rs 1,500 for SAARC countries and Rs 3,000 for other foreigners. Dhorpatan Reserve is at a distance of 126 km from Baglung headquarters.

Locals allege that the reserve has also created problems in livelihood. They are complaining that the construction of the road has stopped within the Sikar reserve, and that they can only work with the permission of the reserve through IEE and EIA.

"We have not been able to get reservation permission even for the construction of a high-class hotel," said local Dhirendra Gharti, "Even a fallen tree in the forest cannot be cut."  He said that the farmers could not even cut grass and firewood. There are more than 600 households in Dhorpatan valley.

The local Naramati Pun said that when the reserves stopped farming and cutting grass, the locals also suffered in earning a living. "We have not been able to cut grass regularly, nor have we been able to offer dhaja in Deurali," Pun said. Locals have also said that the valley should be separated from the reserve and an environment should be created for tourists to come easily. 

The chief conservation officer of the reserve, Pashupati Chaudhary, said that he worked according to the law and policy of the state and according to the policy of the reserve. If the state limits the area of ​​the reservation or changes the work duties, the reservation will also work accordingly.

'We have taken the initiative to build an intermediate area, if it is announced, the local people will get almost 50 percent of the revenue here,' he said, 'with the said amount, income-generating works can also be done.' Revenue is collected here every year up to 7 crore rupees.