The work of 'Karnali High Altitude Training Center', which is to be built at Lauthchaur in Patarasi Rural Municipality-3 of Jumla, has not progressed yet.
The construction has stopped because the land has not been passed in the name of the training center. Purna Singh Bohora, Chairman of Patarasi Rural Municipality informed that the construction has not started due to a dispute regarding whether to build a High Altitude Training Center on the land named after the school or to build it in another place.
According to village head Bohora, the land dispute will be settled soon after the all-party meeting at the district administration office, and the training construction work will go ahead.
High Altitude Training Center can be built on the remaining land after leaving the school land. Janmaya Rokaya, the vice president of the rural municipality, said that it is a game not to allow the budget allocated by the government to be utilized by showing the land dispute.
The aim of developing Lauthchaur as a sport city in Patarasi Rural Municipality, where rice is grown at the highest altitude in the world, has been taken up by the training center, according to Rokaya, the Vice President of the Rural Municipality.
About three crore rupees of the government has been spent on the construction of the training center in different stages. Ward President Gobind Rawat informed that the land required for the training center has been moved forward as the local residents of Ward No. 3 have promised to donate it for free.
In the current financial year 2081/82, a budget allocation of 6 crore 29 lakh rupees has been made. Chandra Bahadur Khadka, the information officer of the project informed that Rs.
The budget should be spent within this financial year. Khadka, Information Officer of Urban Development and Building Project Jumla, says that the work of the High Altitude Training Center has been stopped due to the lack of land clearance. According to the District Sports Development Committee, Jumla, the DPR of the High Altitude Ground has been made with a budget of 32 million three lakhs. The DPR was prepared by Chimara Engineering Consultancy at a cost of 10 lakh rupees.
On December 3, 2074, Mahesh Dahal, the then secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, monitored the criteria and geography required for the construction of the field. After this, the construction work of the stadium was started on the land of the school and the land of the local residents. About three million rupees have been spent on the field.
It is mentioned in the DPR that more than two dozen playgrounds including volleyball, football, karate, boxing, taekwondo, basket ball, and athletics will be constructed at the high altitude ground. Similarly, it is said that swimming pool, gender-friendly hostel, security guard, guest house, ticket counter will also be constructed. After the construction of the
structure, not only training will take place here, but also special hospitality with high Himalayan views, pure climate, and organic food will also be provided. Promotion of sports tourism linked to Lautchaur, the place where Kalimarsi rice is grown at the highest place in the world, Chumchaur Jyula, the most expensive herb Yarsagumba, the view of Patarasi Himal, the attraction of Tilandi, this training center will become a major destination for local and foreign athletes.
