The city police are currently on duty in the Aapgachhi area for 12 hours a day. They have prohibited defecation, cutting trees, digging and cultivating land, building houses and excavations, and transporting forest products within the forest area.
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The Dharan Sub-metropolitan City Police have been continuously patrolling the watershed area in the Bhedetar-Dharan section of the Koshi Highway for the past three years.
The city police had started patrolling the area since 2079 BS after the water resources started getting polluted due to the increasing tendency of passengers and drivers to defecate and urinate on the roadside. The city police have been keeping a special vigil on the Nishane Khola and Sardu watershed areas in Dharan Sub-metropolitan City-4. These watersheds, which start from Bhedetar Danda in Dhankuta, are considered the main source of drinking water for Dharan Bazaar. In addition, water coming from Chiuribas, Suryodaya Buddha Bihar and Sanguri Bhanjyang areas are also included in this system.
The city police are currently working in the Apagachhi area for about 12 hours a day. They have prohibited defecating and urinating in the forest area, cutting trees, digging and cultivating land, building and excavating houses, and transporting forest products.
The Nishan Saranga Community Forest Users Group is also actively collaborating in this campaign. Harak Sampang, the then mayor of Dharan Sub-metropolitan City, who was elected after the local level elections in 2079, had started the city police mobilization by prioritizing the cleanliness and protection of the watershed area.
Significant improvement has been seen in the watershed area after the city police mobilization. Earlier, there was a problem of open defecation and urination on the roadside and in the forest area, causing bad odor, garbage accumulating near water sources, and during the rainy season, that garbage flowing into the drinking water.
According to locals, with the tightening of the guard, awareness among passengers has increased, and the tendency of drivers to stop and defecate outside the designated places has also decreased. Dhankuta driver Gyan Bahadur Katuwal says that now vehicles are not allowed to stop to urinate in that area.
