The Chhayanath National Park, as decided by the then government, has started implementation. For this, the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation has started work including budget management, infrastructure construction, and Organization and Management Survey (ONM).

The Cabinet on August 13 announced the creation of a new park. With this, the number of national parks in Nepal has reached 13. The area of ​​Mugu, which was previously included in the Se-Phoksundo National Park, has been separated and made a separate national park.

‘There is a problem in management as other parks in the Himalayan district have more area,’ said Haribhadra Acharya, senior ecologist at the department. ‘There is a delay in publishing the notice in the gazette due to the movement, formation of a new government, etc., currently we are internally preparing for budget management, ONM, etc.’

According to him, the new park is spread over an area of ​​843 square kilometers in the Chitai, Dolfu, Karti, Kimri, Wadari, Takha and Khari areas of Mugamkarmarong Rural Municipality of Mugu. The area of ​​​​its buffer zone is 177 square kilometers.

Earlier, the area of ​​Sefoksundo National Park was 3,555 square kilometers. Even though Sefoksundo, which is now limited to Dolpa, has an area of ​​2,712 square kilometers, it remains the largest park in Nepal, said Acharya, the department's information officer.

'It would take 4 days to go from the headquarters of Sefoksundo, due to which there were major problems in staff deployment, poaching control, and mobilization of residents of the buffer zone,' he said. 'After the ONM work is completed, new posts will be created from the available posts in Sefoksundo and Rara parks, office establishment, and building construction will be done.' 

He informed that 40 employees will be managed under the leadership of the conservation officer for the time being. The department is also preparing to allocate some land in national parks including Makalu Barun and Lamtang, saying that there is a problem due to the large geography. 

The then Minister for Forests and Environment, Ain Bahadur Shahi, was a resident of Mugu. The decision to create a new park was made on his proposal. According to Nurendra Aryal, Senior Conservation Officer of Sefoksundo National Park, there are 7 villages and two user committees in the buffer zone under the new national park. ‘Since the new park has a Yarsagumba collection area, it seems to contribute to the economy. Since revenue will be collected from tourists visiting Rara and Chhayanath, the park can become self-sufficient in a few years,’ he said. ‘After the Chhayanath area, the main religious site of Mugu, is included, this park is considered important in terms of religious tourism.’ He said that it will create a separate identity in a few years as it is the habitat of snow leopards, naur, jharal, danfe, munal and other wild animals and birds. Mugu also has a Rara National Park. In 2032 BS, the government had declared Rara National Park by moving the residents of Rara and Hutugaun to Chisapani in Banke. Which has spread to Soru, Khatyad rural municipality, Chhayanath Rara municipality and Kanakasundari rural municipality of Jumla. According to local leader Sunduk Lama, it used to take at least 4 days for residents of 7 settlements of Mugamkarmarong to go to the headquarters of Phoksundo National Park to make recommendations, receive compensation, and sign a plan agreement. 

‘Given its geographical location, we were not able to experience the park and the buffer zone,’ he said. ‘After the new park is built, it will help us become self-reliant by doing income-generating activities.’ Another local, Paljor Tamang, said that he hopes that it will help in the development of tourism and religious areas along with the construction of other infrastructure.

Mugamkarmarong rural municipality chairman Tshiringkapne Lama said that preparations have been made to manage land in the afterlife in Dolpu for the park office. "This is a very important place in terms of tourism, and having a separate park will also have religious significance," he said. "It will be easier for tourists visiting Rara to go to She-Phoksundo via Chhayanath National Park." He said that the new park is home to wild animals including Jharal, Naur, Thar, snow leopard, Ghoral, deer, etc. He informed that the park will help in the livelihood of the locals as various types of Yarsagumba and other plants are found in it. According to him, there are about 20 Yarsagumba plants in this area. Village President Lama said that this park is also important for religious areas including Tihar Gumba, Tihar Dobhan, Chitim Gumba. Village President Lama says that the park is also important for the trail Himalayan journey to Shephoksundo through the upper area of ​​Chhayanath National Park. He said that the ancient Dolpu Tamakhani is also within the park, so it is of great importance for economic prosperity. According to him, the Patan area is rich in cowsheds, cowsheds and other places, and it is also a place worth visiting for Tamang and other cultures.