A limestone quarry operating in the upper reaches has piled up on the road, Gegran
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The Palpa-Butwal road section of Siddharth Highway, which was blocked by Gegran due to incessant rain, has come into one-way operation. The road was blocked from 4 am by Gegran, which flowed from the upper part of the Tinau rural municipality-5 of Palpa under the highway.
The road division Palpa has said that the road has been operated one-way after the removal of Gegran. According to the District Police Office, Palpa, the road has been opened in one direction after removing the landslides that fell at various places on the highway. According to Dobhan Police Station, although there is a problem of stone falling in Siddhababa area, the road has been removed immediately. According to the police, the vehicles that were stopped since morning due to landslides at various places including Winter river have been sent to their destination.
Even though there has been a problem in the Ice Dekhola for 50 years, no concrete initiative has been taken to solve it. According to 67-year-old Teman Darlami, whose house is near the glacier, Gegran has been coming to the street since he was born. More and more Gegran started to come after limestone mining started in the upper part.
Tinau Rural Municipality-2, Dol also has problems every year due to the limestone mines operating in the upper part of Gegran.
Rajesh Shrestha of Dobhan said that the river flowed on the road after the culvert was filled since Wednesday morning. According to him, Gegran flowing from the limestone mine operating in the upper part has become a problem for this place. Every year local residents suffer due to the collapse of the limestone mine.
In the limestone mining areas of Nizhdekhola and Dobhan, there is an annual monitoring from the Department of Mines and Geology and Division Forest Office Palpa. But understanding the local situation is not enough. There are many problems in limestone mining. All limestone mines operating in the district have the same problem. Garreto flows in the rainy season and causes problems in the lower coastal areas. It is in the report of Division Forest Office that problems were found in any mine during monitoring.
According to the report of the office, there is a problem in the lower part of the quarrying of limestone and the problem of landslides during the rainy season and when it rains. It is mentioned in the report of Division One that even the minimum conditions for mining are not followed. It has been mentioned that even the minimum conditions have not been followed in the monitoring conducted by the Department of Mines and Geology.
