Locals have demanded to protect the wetlands in different places of Palpa district. They have demanded to protect it as it is getting buried due to human encroachment, waste management and weeding.

Damodar Ghimire of Bagnaskali Rural Municipality-8, Barangdi, who was found near Prabhas Lake, said, "The first concerned body should stop the encroachment, "Prabhas Lake has become dirty. It has been encroached upon. The lotus flowers have stopped blooming. In

district, not only Prabhas Lake, but also Satyavati Lake, Suketal, Sitakunda, Surya Kund, Madi Buduwa and other places have areas where water freezes throughout the year. Due to human encroachment around Prabhas lake and wetlands, they are now in crisis due to the construction of buildings and roads around them. 

Tansen Municipality-7 Prabhas Lake (Kamalpokhri) and its surroundings have wetlands in a large area. But encroachment around here has reached a situation where individual lands around 34 Ropani Lake areas of the District Coordination Committee have been covered by encroachment. The local government has not been able to acquire it. Due to the neglect of the local administration, district coordination committee and local level, the wetlands are getting buried. According to Mohan Gayre of Tansen Municipality-10, Telgha, the Prabhas lake was in a state of disrepair for three to four years. But two years ago, after the ward office and municipality cleaned it, the lotus blossomed this year. "But as much work as it should have not been done," he said, "due to which the wetland area has not been saved." The main thing is that no one has shown any interest.' 

Residents of Raithane allege that Prabhas Lake has become smelly due to the water and waste coming out of the buildings built around Lumbini Medical College. 

Lately, it is another misfortune that those who have personal spare parts are digging the soil and delivering it. On the banks of Kamalpokhari (Prabhastal)  Big buildings have been built. The construction of new houses in the slums outside the hospital is continuing. The sewage and waste coming out from here has gone to Prabhas Lake. "Those who have done the work have said they have done it, but it does not seem to have been done because there is not enough work," said local Vinod Timilsena. In the pond there were cutle fish, asla fish, and turtles. According to locals, wild rice was found here. Paddy has disappeared due to encroachment and garbage. Divisional Forest Chief Narayan Dev Bhattarai said that he tried to work in Prabhas area but could not continue due to various obstacles. "The state government had started the work by allocating the budget," he said, "It has not been possible to continue due to various reasons." The medical college has committed to implement the land use plan in the surrounding settlements in order to manage the possible expansion of the market and settlements in coordination with the municipality. It is alleged that the lake area is becoming smelly due to non-implementation of the commitment to manage hospital waste according to the Hospital Waste Management Guidelines, 2002 and the National Discharge Standard.

said that proper arrangement of drainage will be arranged inside and outside the project area and the waste water will be mixed with the natural public area only after purification. At present, the wetland area has been encroached due to indiscriminate construction of houses, dumping of mud and plotting of land across the lake. Even Satyavati Lake, which is a wetland area and has religious and touristic importance, has not been interested by the concerned authorities. There is a lake on the top of a 1,300-meter mountain about 20 kilometers south of Tansen. 

Although the lake in the middle of the Koldanda forest is not as big as Vegnas, Rupa, Fewatal in Pokhara, it is important from a religious point of view. The source of the lake is nowhere to be seen. Earlier, the lake was full of water all year round. Dan Bahadur Gaha, a local, said that since no one cares about the soil, Patapatinggar is being buried and the water is not standing. Even Sita Kund of Rampur Municipality has not been able to protect the wetland area.