Locals are expressing anger, saying that the vice-chairman of the rural municipality, who is responsible for making rules and regulations, has acted against the law.
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A video of a house built in the middle of a forest being demolished by several people went viral on social media on Monday. The incident took place in Ranibas Koipa, Ward No. 1, Bhume Rural Municipality, Rukum East.
What exactly happened that day? Mankaji Pun Magar, the ward chairman of Bhume-1, did not want to make his point clear on this matter. But he said that there is a 'Lugumyal Samaj' in his ward and that is why he will solve such opportunities and problems of the village in a practical way.
After this, when we spoke to Dhankumar Pun, the chairman of Lugumyal Samaj, on this issue, he said that the vice-chairman had built a house inside the community forest area contrary to the standards. 'We had advised that if someone built a structure for commercial purposes in the forest area within our ward, they should take the necessary permission and that the locals would pay a monthly fee of 3,000 and others 6,000. But in the meantime, some people have not taken any permission. And the vice-chairman also built a one-story house in the middle of the forest to build a hotel without permission,' he said. 'We had warned him repeatedly not to do this.' And we informed the ward office and the local police station. The problem could not be resolved. The angry locals demolished the house yesterday after the vice-chairman refused to go to the discussion as per the rules.'
Pun said that he and his organization had not made an institutional decision in the incident on Monday, but the locals had demolished the house out of anger. He also said that no one in the ward is allowed to build any structure with a tin roof, but the vice-chairman did not even consider that.
Rural Municipality Vice-chairman Sabina Budha Magar admitted that the house was built for commercial purposes and regretted that the Chauri Buki (Chauri Buki) was being demolished for the past month as a place to have tea and snacks for tourists visiting the village.
'I was told by the Lugumyal society that I would be fined 25 thousand and pay 75 thousand rupees annually for building it in a community forest area.' I said it was expensive. Then I asked for some time. But suddenly some people demolished the structure,' says Vice President Pun, 'It is true that I built this building for commercial purposes. But after the locals objected, I also said that I would leave it as a dharamshala in the name of my late parents. That could not be done either.'
Locals are expressing anger saying that the vice president of the rural municipality, who is responsible for making rules and regulations, acted against the law. Regarding Monday's incident, District Police Chief DSP Umashankar Prasad Yadav said that even though he knew that there was a dispute on this issue, he suddenly demolished the house. 'The district magistrate had called for a discussion after knowing that there was a dispute on this issue. After this incident suddenly happened in the afternoon, we have made the necessary security arrangements and are now aware to prevent any further inconvenience.' he said.
