In Budhagaon area of ​​Triveni Rural Municipality of Rolpa, the locals have again protested against the illegal limestone quarrying that has been going on for years. Claiming that their demands were not heard, the mine-affected locals started their third protest from the third week of December.

Although it was decided to hold talks between the mine operators and the victims, the negotiations have been failing because the mine operators are not present. The victims have been protesting for the past three months. Officials of local political parties, all-party system and rural municipality have also been supporting the victims. 

The mine victims formed a struggle committee and started a protest. The local administration has mobilized a large number of police after the conflict escalated. Police Chief of Rolpa Deputy Superintendent of Police Bharat Lama said that the situation is bad because of the ongoing agitation. He said that the police had been deployed to prevent him from coming.

In the beginning, two companies have been quarrying large quantities of limestone under the pretext of digging roads. For the past 5/6 years, Triveni rural municipality ward no. On 3 and 4, Shivswaroop Mineral Industries Pvt Ltd and Rolpa Chundhunga Khani Pvt Ltd have been mining limestone. Due to the quarrying of limestone by the rural municipality, the two companies have not paid compensation to the locals and revenue to the government. The protest started when the mine management company was not ready to meet the demands of the locals.

Recently, after the mine management company did not show interest in the demands of the local residents and the rural municipality, the locals started a struggle with the rural municipality.  After many discussions and meetings but no solution was found, the locals decided to protest. This time the movement  Omraj Gharti Magar, the coordinator of Sangharsh Committee who will be decisive, said.

Meanwhile, in the presence of former finance minister Barshman Pun, it was agreed a month ago to meet the demands of the locals. But after the repeated attempts failed, the locals started the movement again. 

Initially, the Rolpa limestone quarry took permission from the ward office for the purpose of digging a road in Kapildanda. But later, deforestation and quarrying work has been started continuously. According to the demand of the locals, correspondence was also made with the Department of Mines and Geology at the request of the rural municipality.

Chairman of Triveni Rural Municipality Karna Bahadur Bantha Magar said that the department conducted a study in 2078 at the request of the municipality. But since then, the department has refused to study, he alleges. He says, "Now the municipality is planning to bring a geologist to study it." The municipality has also been struggling with the local residents as they have been cutting down trees and cutting down the forest.

The local administration has said that the police had to be mobilized when there was a situation of conflict and unrest between the locals after the continuous protests. The administration deployed security personnel under the leadership of police inspectors from the area police office Ghartigaon and area police office Holeri for two days.