The members of the Executive Committee boycotted the meeting after the Mayor Lama did not show interest in the incident despite demanding an inquiry into the facts and action against the culprits.
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It has been found that illegal mining of river products has taken place in Udaipur under the protection of the municipality. Gravel, sand and soil were illegally mined from Chaudandigarhi Municipality-4 Kalikhola, which is within the Chure conservation area.
According to the "Presidential Chure Protection Program Implementation Procedures", from May 31 to October 1, river-borne materials cannot be mined, but illegal mining is being done under the protection of the municipality in the name of national pride projects.
Chaudandigadi-7 Sitaram Construction Pvt. Ltd. is constructing Kanchanpur-Kamala East section road on China Railway no. Tejnarayan Shah, owner of Sitaram Construction, said that gravel, sand and soil were excavated and sent for 2 Engineering Company Limited. Although it is said that the soil was excavated from the private land of Keshav Bahadur Bhujel located in Chaudandigarhi Municipality-4, the locals said that it was excavated from Ailani land.
According to Schedule 11 of the Economic Act of the Government of Koshi Province 2081, during the period when mining of river materials was completely banned, it was found that 3 excavators and 17 tippers were used to extract 6,000 cubic meters of soil from the sensitive area from July 4th. According to the
act, during this period, it is not possible to extract river products from any government, public or private land. However, Tejnarayan Shah, the owner of Sitaram Construction, has claimed that he excavated the soil based on the letter received from the Directorate of Projects (ADB) under the Roads Department on June 8 and the permission of Kaluman Lama, Mayor of Chaudandigarhi Municipality. According to him, 6000 cubic meters of soil has been excavated from 15 of the 38 Kattha areas in Chaudandigarhi-4 Kalikhola area after preliminary environmental study (IE).
Schedule 11 of the provincial government's Economic Act 2081 stipulates that if anyone excavates during the period of ban on the mining of river products, the first time a fine of 25,000 per tractor and 1 lakh per tipper will be imposed. But Shambhu Paudel, a member of the CPN UML Koshi Province Committee, said that under the protection of Kaluman Lama, the Mayor of Chaudandigarhi Municipality, illegal excavation was done on the Ailani land by showing the part of Numari land. Mayor's own younger brother Bipin Tamang, owner of Sitaram Construction Shah, ward no. Luganraj Rai, Ward President of 4, Fattepur construction businessman Amar Khawas, and Kaziman Rai, the chief administrative officer of the municipality, illegally excavated, he said, "We have formed an investigation committee and requested to take action against whoever is involved." It has been found that the local contractor company Sitaram Construction has deposited two lakh 82 thousand four hundred and eighty rupees in the municipal revenue sharing (account no. 2370100306010002) account under the Rashtriya Banijya Bank on June 30th for requesting to provide 'sub-base materials'. Stakeholders have said that even before the directorate office requested to provide river products, there were signs of irregularity in the revenue submission by the local contractor company to the municipality.
After the illegal extraction of river materials started, the local people protested strongly. At the same time, Panchin Mayor Lama left for China on a family visit. He arrived at the municipality on Wednesday after the dispute became fierce. After the locals informed the District Administration Office and the District Coordination Committee about the excavation, on Thursday, the Area Police Office, Beltar, took control of 17 tippers from the excavation area and kept them at Shasastra Camp Satdhare .
Chief District Officer Prem Prasad Luintel and Head of District Coordination Committee Gaur Bahadur Bishwakarma said that the tipper who was arrested will be dealt with according to the law. Mayor Lama refused to give any response. Deputy Mayor Manikadevi Dulal said that the excavation took place without informing the municipality. All-round criticism of the 
incident In the case of the
incident, political parties active in Chaudandigadi Municipality, Congress, Maoists, National Independent Party, Janata Samajwadi Party, CPN-S and Rashtriya Prajatantra Party have issued a joint press release and demanded action against all involved in illegal mining . The concerned party has been requested to take strict action as the public representative has misused his resources, power and authority and acted against the law in internal collusion.
executive committee meeting boycott
The ward president and executive committee members boycotted the city executive meeting that was called on Thursday afternoon to discuss this issue. Ward no. Chairman Keshav Adhikari of 7, executive member Tilawati Rai and Udayaraj Bhujel boycotted the meeting. Although they demanded in the meeting to investigate the truth about the
incident and take action against the culprits, Mayor Lama was not interested, so they boycotted the meeting and walked out, said the Ward President Officer . "Our demand was to investigate the truth about the extraction of river materials, but the mayor pressed us not to exaggerate the incident and not to speak against the city's leadership," he said. Raut, ward no. accused of being involved in illegal mining. An investigation committee of 3 members including Ward President Lungaraj Rai and Engineer Pankaj Rai of 4 has been formed. Ward president Raut was also arrested for assaulting and abusing local Sunita Shrestha, city secretary of Congress, Rakesh Chaudhary. Similarly, he was also involved in the issue of misbehaving with journalist Rajendra Rogue.
