Emphasis on the distribution of royalties based on the evaluation of the impact of the contribution
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The Thulung Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality of Solukhumbu, a Himalayan district, has submitted a suggestion to the Finance Commission demanding that other municipalities should also have access to the mountain climbing royalty collected from Mount Everest.
The rural municipality has submitted a request to the National Natural Resources and Finance Commission with the suggestion that resources should be distributed based on the affected areas as it is not scientific to distribute them only on the basis of borders.
Indicating the effect and damage of the Dudhkoshi River, which is a glacier of Mount Everest, the Municipality has demanded the assurance of the royalty access to the other three municipalities of the district.
On Sunday, Asim Rai, chairman of the rural municipality, made a request to the commission with suggestions, emphasizing that the royalty should be distributed based on the evaluation of indirect and contribution effects. .
The basic infrastructure of Everest, traffic, tourist management, etc., are indirectly affected by these three municipalities, and the municipality insists that it is unfair not to include them in the recommendation of royalty distribution due to the fact that the borders are not connected.
Municipality stated that the basis of 'boundary' is a narrow interpretation from a geographical point of view and it reduces the sense of common ownership and participation of national assets, and it is very necessary for the Commission to review the policy to include the concept of 'affected area' rather than a narrow interpretation.
Dudhkoshi has repeatedly damaged the physical structures, bridges and agricultural land to be built in the coastal areas of the three municipalities of the district, and for compensation, the three municipalities should have access to resources for the protection of water resources, management, river control and other infrastructure expenses.
When distributing mountain climbing royalties for re-accumulation or compensation of damages caused by milking, 25 percent of the local level should be considered as 100 percent, 64 percent should be distributed to the local level with actual resources and 36 percent should be distributed to the local levels bordering the resource.
