With the help of the Division Forest Office, locals have tidied up the Chaupari and Barapipal in Dhakawang's Nachne Chaur.
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The locals have repaired and painted the destroyed wood-framed pavilion in Dhakawang Nachne Chaur, which was destroyed during the road excavation. With the help of the Division Forest Office, the locals have repaired the pavilion and wood-framed pavilion in Dhakawang Nachne Chaur.
They have started holding village gatherings and meetings in the pavilion. The pavilion has now become a place to relax, rest, and take photos and videos. The locals also worship the wood-framed and peepal trees according to religious beliefs. Local Jitendra Khatri said that it is pleasant to stay in the pavilion due to the sounds of birds in the pavilion.
‘We are repairing the destroyed pavilions together,’ said Khatri, ‘We are also building pavilions and protecting wood-framed pavilions in other places in the village.’ We have launched a campaign to paint and make the courtyards neat.’ He said that the courtyards were carefully built in the village squares and high places. When the motor road to the village was dug, the courtyards were destroyed and buried. He said that the destroyed courtyards are now being rebuilt. Tulsiram Bhusal of Bhumikasthan Municipality-2 Dhakawang had seen courtyards all over the village when he was a child. The villagers used to spend months building the courtyards with spades, axes and shovels as a form of labor. Barapipal trees were planted there. There was a place for pedestrians to sit and the village court was located. Before his eyes, some of such courtyards were buried, some were lost due to lack of protection. The courtyard in front of his house had collapsed due to lack of protection. There were only Barapipal and Peepal trees. The same square is now being protected. The Division Forest Office had provided Rs 70,000 for the construction of the square. The locals have done the construction work together. ‘We used to sit at the foot of the barapipal in the square and hold court in the village,’ he said. ‘We would sit on the shade and discuss village disputes, resolve disputes and discuss village development. Pedestrians would die of fatigue by sitting in the square.’ The construction of the square is being done with the help of the budget of the Division Forest Office and the Land and Water Resources Office and the villagers’ collection of funds. The square and the barapipal that were dug up by dozers and excavators for the motorway were also destroyed. The
Division Forest Office had built the square in Dhakawang and Argha last year. This year, 3 square are being built. Keshar Khadka, information officer at the forest office, said that there has been a demand from the village for the repair and construction of 18 chauparis. ‘It is difficult to grow the trees of the Bar and Peepal, and we are trying to preserve them as they are on the verge of extinction,’ Khadka said. ‘We are trying to preserve them as they are important from a religious, natural and biological point of view. The history of the chaupari is being preserved.’ He said that work is being done to find old places and build some new ones. He also said that a record of the previous and buried chauparis across the district is being prepared.
