Although the law prohibits the extraction of river materials such as sand, gravel, and stones from the river from June to August, exploitation has not been stopped.
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Achyut Tiwari, the ward president of Phalewas Municipality-4, has approached the concerned authorities to stop the illegal exploitation of Kaligandaki river. He reached the District Administration Office, District Coordination Office and District Police Office after the exploitation of Kaligand did not stop even in the dry season.
He, who is also the spokesperson of the municipality, reached the offices of the ward with a letter saying that there is no cooperation from the municipality to control the theft of gravel and sand. Ward president Tiwari said that Kaligand was being exploited from his ward Katuwa Bagar and despite requesting the municipal head to stop it, he was ignored.
"I have also sent a letter to the municipality to stop the theft of water from the Kaligandaki river in my ward", handing over the letter to the Chief District Officer Hariprasad Ghimire, he said, "The Begar River cannot be exploited in harmony". Exploitation takes place under the police station . Tipper is being smuggled in front of the police office.
When he went to the district police to talk about the exploitation of Kaligand, DSP Ravin Bisht said that he would send a letter through the post office because he did not behave well. He said, "I was waiting in the DSP's office". He tried to get the respect of the people's representative to come outside and tell him not to come to the working room. And I left saying that I will send the letter by post.'
Phalewas city chief Gangadhar Tiwari said that the river has not been exploited on a large scale as said by the ward president. "Some people are trying to pull out excavators and tractors", he said, "we have worked to control them". This is not the case now.' He said that compared to Jaljala rural municipality and Kushma municipality, there is a very small amount of sand mining in Falewas.
