The protest program was jointly organized by the District Struggle Committee for the Revocation of the Koshi Province Name and the Mukumlung Conservation Struggle Committee.
A protest program has been organized in Dhankuta, demanding an immediate halt to the cable car project being constructed on the road to Pathibhara in Taplejung.
The protest program was jointly organized by the District Struggle Committee for the Revocation of the Koshi Province Name and the Mukumlung Conservation Struggle Committee.
In a corner meeting organized at Madan Chowk in Dhankuta, they claimed that the construction of the cable car in that area would seriously affect the identity, tradition and environment, referring to the Mukumlung-Pathibhara area as the center of historical, cultural and religious faith of the indigenous community.
They said that interference with the feelings, religious beliefs and historical importance of the local community in the name of development would not be acceptable.
At the protest program, Kirant Yakthumchumlung central member Chandra Singh Nembang, Vishwa Hindu Federation Koshi Province's Anand Santoshi Rai and others mentioned that Mukumlung is not only a religious place but also a land connected to the civilization, culture and self-respect of the indigenous community.
They demanded that any project carried out in the Pathibhara area without prior notification, local consent and adequate environmental study be canceled.
Nabin Kishore Shakya, Chairman of the Indigenous Nationalities Federation District Coordination Committee, Dhankuta, has made it clear that local culture, nature and faith should not be harmed in the name of development. Earlier, demonstrations, memorandums and symbolic movements have been held in Taplejung, Dharan, Biratnagar and other places against the construction of the cable car. They say that preparations are underway for a movement in Taplejung against the construction of the cable car from Magh 18.
