The pond was constructed by the Division Forest Office, Bardiya, in collaboration with community forest user groups of Barbardiya and Thakurbaba towns and Badhaiyatal rural municipality.
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The Division Forest Office, Bardiya, has constructed eight ponds in the last fiscal year by further improving the natural water storage areas in the community forest.
The ‘dug ponds’ were constructed in the forest with the aim of ensuring that wildlife does not face water shortage, said Debendra Bahadur Thapa, Chairman of Jan Kalyan Community Forest, Bardiya Municipality-9. ‘As all water sources in the forest dry up after the onset of summer, wildlife would come out of the forest in search of water,’ he said, ‘which was causing the risk of increasing conflict between humans and wildlife. With the construction of ponds in the forest, the compulsion of wildlife to come out in search of water has been removed.’
In the fiscal year 2082/83, 1,400 meters of mesh wire and 500 meters of barbed wire were installed in collaboration with the Division Forest to reduce human-wildlife conflict, said Chairman Thapa.
Hari Bahadur Khadka, a member of Jankalyan Community Forest, said that when ponds are built in forests, wildlife has decreased in the process of leaving their habitats and moving out of the forest. He said that when ponds are built in forests, the number of various types of birds has also increased significantly.
‘Ponds built in community forests are called ‘water storage’, they collect rainwater,’ said Vijayraj Subedi, head of the Division Forest Office. ‘When water accumulates in the pond, the water recharges.’ This provides water to wildlife, helps in extinguishing forest fires, and keeps the forest green, he said.
In the fiscal year 082/83, ponds were built in eight community forest user groups at a cost of 3.774 million rupees, said Shiva Bahadur KC, information officer of the Division Forest Office. The ponds have been constructed by the community forest users' groups in Janakalyan, Baida, Perahawa, Bhairav, Bukki Hariyali in Barbardiya Municipality, Tilakana, Bagdaila in Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality, and Perauhua Chatiya in Thakurbaba Municipality-5.
Similarly, 40 kilometers of fencing has been constructed to reduce human-wildlife conflict and prevent encroachment, informed Information Officer KC.
