The Madi Reservoir hydropower project, which is considered to be a big plan for the development of Rolpa, has reached its final stage and has been postponed. It was believed that the plan would be operational until the beginning of 2080, but suddenly the information of the postponement was published. After that, the office of the project in Rolpa Municipality-7 Madichour was removed from there.

After the office of the very ambitious project was brought into operation for 1/2 year in Madichaur, hope and trust was awakened in the local people . The plan to create a reservoir and generate electricity by storing water in Madikhola near Madichour was put forward . Not only that, the water of Lajashay, which has been impounded to generate electricity, was taken to the Dang Valley using underground technology and the goal of increasing the production was also taken. To complete the plan, the Hydro Electricity and Investment Development Company Limited, owned by the Government of Nepal, took the lead in investing. In order to operate the project, China's Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China) has also agreed to jointly invest with Hydro Electricity and Investment Development Company Limited in the construction of Madi Reservoir Hydropower Project. But since Power China could not provide the budget, not only the office of the project had to disappear, the government had to cancel the project itself . _{Libang Bazar} 

Locals were surprised after that incident. The then Energy Minister Barshman Pun, who played an important role in bringing the project, also apologized for not being able to bring the project. He also argued that the project office had to be forcibly removed after not being able to bring the expected budget from Power China. After that, all the dreams of damming the reservoir and generating electricity were lost in Madikhola located in 1 and 2 of Rolpa municipality. Rolpa Nagar Chief Surendra Ghartimagar says that although the liaison office of the project started some preliminary work, the project had to be postponed after it was concluded that the cost would increase and there would be a lack of budget. "After it was confirmed that the project will be closed, we also removed the office," he said, "All the materials there have been handed over to the municipality." It was found that the residents of the city and the district were saddened by the news of the closure of the project.

He is of the opinion that he was happy at the beginning because of the operation of the Madi Reservoir Power Generation Project, it will create jobs for the local people, increase the income and provide significant support to the development of the district . He said that the project is the best and biggest in this region and district.

Hydro Electricity and Investment Development Company Limited has started work with the goal of completing the project within 6 years. At that time leader Barshman Pun said that the project is the biggest and most meaningful of Lumbini province . According to the preliminary study, the total cost of completing the project was estimated to be 32 billion 20 million. But after the final study of the project, it was determined that the cost would increase and the project itself was postponed. 

According to the preliminary study of Madi Reservoir Hydropower Project, Ward No. of Rolpa Nagar. 1 and 2, there was a plan to make a reservoir by impounding the water at a place called Sisneri near Kapaseni . It was estimated that a dam of about 170 meters high would be built to hold the water of Madikhola and a reservoir would be built in an area of ​​about 7.5 square kilometers. The target of producing hydropower with 32.3 million cubic meters of water was taken by collecting about 51.7 cubic meters of water. According to the plan, some work was started from Ghodagaon to build about 6 km tunnel and about 9 meter penstock from the reservoir to Harigaon in Khungri and bring electricity to the hydroelectric house. If the project was completed, it was certain that 455.8 gigawatt hours of energy would be produced annually, while 228.53 gigawatts in rainy season and 227.28 gigawatts in winter could be continuously produced from the project . The plan was to connect the electricity to the central administration line to the 220 KVA transmission line at Lamhi in Dang, which is about 50 kilometers south. Former Health Minister and Member of Parliament of Lumbini Province Dipendra Kumar Pun said that important projects of the province have been stopped due to the difficult situation after Corona. Interest was also expressed when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Nepal a few years ago to invest in the project.

Thabang Bazar 

The mid-hill road, which was constructed with high priority from east to west, did not touch any part of Rolpa. The road has been taken to the west through both the headquarters of neighboring districts Rukum East and Rukum West. But after not touching Rolpa, the district has become inaccessible. The Madhyapahari Lokmarg starts from Chiobhanjyang in Panchthar in the east and reaches Jhulalghat in Baitadi in the west. The length of the road connecting most of the districts and cities is 1,879 kilometers. The construction of the road project was started with the aim of supporting the expansion of 10 cities in 10 mountainous districts. The project has been started to settle towns and build necessary road network in Fidim of Panchthar, Vasantpur of Tehrathum, Khurkot of Sindhuli, Baireni of Dhading, Dumre of Tanahun, Burtibang of Baglung, Chaurjahari of Rukum West, Rakamakarnali of Dailekh, Sanfebagar of Acham and Patan of Baitadi. Since Rolpa has been isolated from the Madhyapahari highway, the residents of the district have felt separated. 

The road scheme under construction as the biggest scheme of Rolpa is Shahid Marg . The construction of Shahid Marg has been going on for about 17 years, but not even half of the work has been done. The starting point of Shahid Marg is Ghorahi of Dang. The Shaheed Marg that starts from here reaches Rukum through Holeri, Nuwagaon, Garigaon, Darbot, Ghartigaon, Duikholi, Kureli, Mirul and Thabang in the north of South Rolpa. The road connecting 5 rural villages of Rolpa also directly connects Bhume and Taksera of East Rukum . The goal is to connect the road construction to Dolpa . It is expected that this road will make many villages easier to access. But the fact that the road could not be built even after 17 years has become a mystery in itself. In some cases, road construction companies delay the work and in some cases, the government has not been able to allocate the necessary budget. When the black paper is finished, gravel, road widening and drainage work have not been done. The contractor companies who have taken the responsibility have left the work of digging new track of the road, upgrading it and also making black paper unfinished. This is the largest road scheme built in the memory of those killed in the Maoist armed conflict, which has been named Shahid Marg by the Maoists. The road has been named in memory of those who lost their lives during the then 10-year armed conflict.

From Ghorahi to Makot via Rolpa, the length of the road will be 220 km . Sahid Marg Planning Office Libang said that the work is delayed because every government does not allocate the budget with full priority. Even though the road from Ghorahi to Holeri in Rolpa was laid years ago, the road has also been destroyed because hundreds of tippers are running daily to take stones from Rolpa for the huge cement factory in Dang. There is still a dispute between the government, the contractor and the cement factory. It is estimated that the total cost of the road will reach 12 billion after the black paper. According to the office, the budget of 2 billion 500 million has been spent so far.

To connect the villages with Shahid Marg, the scheme around Shahid Marg is also named after Shahid. The word 'martyr' is also attached to the names of the plans allocated for the construction of different roads by several local levels and the state and federal governments . This practice is more common in Rolpa and Rukum. A huge budget has been spent on this. At the local level, elected officials from the Maoists have accelerated such actions. Such a campaign is carried out with the plan and policy made every year . Maoists have been allocating and implementing budgets in the name of deceased leaders and activists. MPs elected from the district to the state and the union also advance such plans . When the leader Krishna Bahadur Mahara was the finance minister, he brought a plan to build playgrounds and gardens in the name of martyrs with a budget of at least 50 lakhs in 5 dozen villages of Rolpa. Mahara and Barshman Pun paid attention to such schemes when they were finance ministers for two times. 

After coming to power for the first time after the peace process, the Maoist government invested heavily in Rolpa and spent the budget in memory of the people who lost their lives in the war. But for the victim families and the lower class, they did not build an industry, nor did they advance the income generation plan . Maoists have named the road from Ghorahi to Rukum in Dang, which was built since the Panchayat period, as Shahid Marg. In the first Constituent Assembly election of 2064, Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who was elected from Rolpa by a majority of votes, got the opportunity to become the Prime Minister for the first time since 2062/63.

Another public road of the country is going to be built from east to west - Madan Bhandari Highway. Though it has been repeatedly requested to start the construction of the road through Rolpa to the west, there is confusion whether the plan will touch Rolpa or not. There is a plan to bring the road, which has been constructed at a slow pace, to Pyuthan, a neighboring district of Rolpa. But the plan to take Salyan and Surkhet via Dang without bringing Rolpa has been made public. Former MP Lekhnath Acharya says that if Rolpa is not touched by the road project worth billions, it will be a real insult to Rolpa. "What kind of desire is there to belong to Rolpa as much as the leader of Maoist, but not make a plan for Rolpa?" He says, "For whom did the Maoist leader do politics?" They are constantly becoming ministers and parliamentarians.

Apart from these, there are no concrete plans for Rolpa and no plans to create jobs . Jaipuri Ghartimagar, the former leader of the Maoist, says that even as compensation for Rolpa, which suffered the most human losses in the then armed conflict and was physically separated from the mainstream of development, no development plan could be brought. In his view, it is natural to think that Maoists have always been with Rolpali to reach power and have been condescending to do something beneficial for them. 

What does the Maoist leader say?

The Maoist leader always claims to speak only for the victims. They also say that politics is done only for them. From time to time leaders keep giving such assurances. But they don't move forward with the plan concretely . After the peace process, leaders from Rolpa repeatedly reached the top leadership of power. The former commander of Ladaku, Nanda Bahadur Punamagar, belongs to Rolpa. He is the person who reaches the highest position . He became vice president again. There are many who have reached high positions such as ministers from time to time. Leaders Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Barshman Pun and Onsari Ghartimagar are among the most likely to get the chance. Mahara and Pun became Finance Minister twice each. Along with Mahara Artha, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Communications repeatedly became . Mahara and Onsari Ghartimagar got a chance to become Speaker. He became the Minister of Finance again. In addition, he also got the opportunity to lead the Ministry of Energy. 

Jhakkuprasad Subedi became a member of the National Assembly among the leaders who came into discussion. Jaipuri Ghartimagar and Tara Ghartimagar also got a chance to represent from Rolpa . Leader Jokh Bahadur Mahara and leader Kul Prasad KC, who were members of the Constituent Assembly, got the chance to become the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province. Leader Dipendra Kumar Punmagar, who was twice elected to the provincial assembly from Rolpa and also the provincial health minister, Tularam Ghartimagar, the speaker of the provincial assembly elected from Palpa, and Sushila Pun Magar, the sister of Varshman Pun, the leader elected to the provincial assembly from Lalitpur, also belong to Rolpa . In the first and second Constituent Assembly and subsequent parliaments, more than 10 leaders including Mahara and Pun from Rolpa have become MPs and ministers. 

Although access to the state power has been extended time and time again, why does it not work in favor of the conflict victims and ordinary citizens? Why can't they take concrete action ? There is no accountability for such complaints of district residents. After the peace process, more than 50,000 youths have reached different countries from Rolpa for foreign employment. Despite the change of power and government, they have gone abroad without finding employment in the village. But the process of reaching leaders and leadership in the district has not decreased. Development is limited to discussion and planning. As they are not able to create jobs, the youths are going abroad every day . The victimized youth complain, "The political leadership here has failed to work for the benefit of the citizens and the country by being distracted by the war at that time." They only worked for their people and relatives .