After Finance Minister Bishnu Paudel said that the work of Kaligandaki-Tinau diversion has progressed in an event in Palpa, the residents of the lower coastal area have gathered and discussed against it. The residents of the affected areas are demanding that the water of Kaligandaki river should not be unilaterally fenced off in the name of development. The meeting and discussion of stakeholders and locals of Lumbini and Gandaki provinces also decided to stand against it.

Residents of Palpa, Syangja, Tanahun and East Nawalparasi who live from Palpa's Ramdi to Devghat under Siddharth Highway are against the river diversion. But in the meeting of Lumbini and Gandaki Province Chief Minister held at Ranimahal, Rampur Municipality Mayor Raman Bahadur Thapa questioned about the opinion. In the 21-point common commitment, there is no mention of Kaligandaki river diversion. Chief Minister of Lumbini Chetnarayan Acharya and Chief Minister of Gandaki Surendraraj Pandey had turned the issue and answered.  

The residents and stakeholders of the affected areas have been pressing to allow the river to flow at its own pace. The meeting held in Rampur of the stakeholders emphasized on the need to protect Kaligandaki and preserve its civilization. A plan to divert the upper part of Kaligandaki river to Ramdi area has been put forward. Stakeholders have become active as soon as the petition filed in the Supreme Court against the diversion of Kaligand was dismissed. Devraj Dhakal, President of Senior Citizens' Forum, said that the meeting and discussion held in Rampur demanding the cancellation of the diversion will create pressure to move forward with the plan for the benefit of the Kaligandaki coastal area and the valley without diverting it. 

Rampur Municipality-6 Talpokhara discussed the topic of 'Possible Irrigation and Hydropower Future Action Plan to be implemented in the dependent areas of Kaligand' and how the water of the river can be utilized. Krishna Prasad Paudel, former joint secretary of the government, said that the past and present condition of the Kaligandaki river, the religious, historical and environmental importance of the river and the impact of the diversion of the Kaligandaki should be explained. The conclusion of the discussion was to put pressure to use the river for the benefit of the Kaligandaki valley without diverting it. It was decided in the discussion to request the Nepal government through the local level to implement the hydroelectric project by building a dam in the Dhandbensi area of ​​Bullingtar and around the Uttarwahini area. 

The discussion has decided to raise water to irrigate areas not covered by irrigation canals, to develop the Kaligandaki valley as a concentrated pocket for vegetable cultivation, fruit and cash crops, to develop historical, religious and tourist sites on both banks of the Kaligandaki, through the political parties or representatives of the parties in the Kaligandaki valley, to create pressure on the leadership of their party to cancel the diversion of the Kaligandaki river, Rampur leader Sagar Prasad. Devkota said. 

It is proposed to construct a dam for the Kaligandaki-Tinau Diversion Multi-Purpose Project in Nikichour area of ​​Pipaldanda, Rambha rural municipality-3 of Palpa. There is a plan to drop water in Dobhan of Palpa's Tinau rural municipality through a 27 km tunnel. Detailed project reports (DPRs) have already been prepared for nine Kaligandaki lift irrigation from Ramdi to Ramdi in the lower coastal area from Hungi in Rambha to Bankamalang in Nisdi. Mayor Thapa of Rampur Municipality said that the large Kaligandaki lift water supply project worth 25 crores for Rampur 1 and 2 has progressed. 

Residents of this area have been expressing their disagreement since the federal government started studying the feasibility of the project in 2072. According to the diversion plan, a dam will be constructed in the Nikichour area of ​​Pipaldanda, 2 thousand 300 meters east-north of Rambha Village Pailka-3, from Ramdi Dham connecting Palpa and Syangja under the Siddharth Highway. The federal government has a plan to drop water in the Dobhan-Jhumsa area of ​​Palpa's Tinau rural municipality through a 27 km tunnel. 

Water will be pumped through an additional 7 km tunnel from Dobhan to Belbas in Butwal. 26 megawatts of electricity will be produced at that location. The government plans to irrigate 1 lakh hectares of land in Rupandehi and Kapilvastu with the same water. There is a plan to deliver 82 cubic liters per second of Kaligandaki water to Tinau in the report. A 38 km long canal will be constructed from Belwas to Wanganga in Kapilvastu. A report has been prepared to irrigate the areas east of Tinau through the 14 km long Eastern Canal.