With the involvement of Godavari Municipality officials, contractor companies, ward officials of that area and Community Forest Consumer Committee, exploitation is being done openly in Chure coastal area of ​​Kailali. Illegal extraction of river products is being done from Machili Khola in Ward 12 and Red Water area in Ward 11 of Godavari Municipality.

Excavation and collection of river materials such as stone, gravel, sand, etc. from the coastal areas of both Chure is prohibited. On reaching Machili Khola area, dozens of tractors were found continuously collecting and transporting stones and sand.

There is also a dam of Mahakali irrigation system on Machili river. Although stone, gravel, sand mining is prohibited in the dam area, stone, sand mining and transportation is going on from here without interruption. Tractors are transporting river materials from far above the dam site. 

Red water is the foothills of Chure area. In that area too, stones, gravel, sand have been mined, collected and transported in an uninterrupted manner. Sony Construction Company is using the revenue collection receipts of Godavari Municipality to excavate, collect and transport stones, gravel, sand from Machili river and Red water area.

company is extracting and transporting river products illegally by taking revenue of 300 rupees per tractor from Machili Khola area and 1 thousand 200 rupees per tractor from Red Pani area on the receipt of Godavari Municipality. It has been found that not only the company, but also the community forest user groups, who have the responsibility to protect the natural resources of their area, are colluding with illegal theft of river products. 

The Gwasi Community Forest Consumer Group in Machili Khola area and the Red Pani Forest Consumer Group in the Red Pani area have been collecting a tax of Rs 150 per tractor. The municipality has not entered into any contract agreement for the collection and export of river products in Machili river and Red water area.

The municipality has contracted to collect and transport river products only from Godavari, Khairala and Khutia rivers within the city area. Yogesh Bhatt, the representative of Soni Construction, which has been illegally extracting, collecting and transporting river materials, also admitted that stone sand was extracted from Machili Khola and Red Pani area, 'but now we have stopped the extraction.' She said that the contract was made to collect river products only from Godavari river, Khairana and Khutia river. "There is no information about the collection of river products from the Fish River and Red Water area," Deputy Chief Rokaya said. We have also not been able to pay attention to monitoring.' But even though Rokaya said that, the local residents say that river products have been being stolen and removed openly for months. 

Purna Kunwar, engineer of Godavari municipality, said that there is no environmental study for the extraction, collection and transportation of river products from fish river and red water area. "No one has permission to extract, collect and transport river products from that area," he said.

Dev Bahadur Badaila of Godavari-12 says that since months ago, dozens of tractors have been transporting stones, gravel and sand to and from the dam of the Mahakali irrigation system in the Chure coastal area. There is no stopping. It seems like everyone is in collusion,' Badaila said, 'How is it possible if the forest user group, ward, contractor, and municipality all do not agree?'  

Chief Administrative Officer of Godavari Municipality, Haridatta Bhatt, said that it would be illegal to extract and collect river products from areas where permission has not been granted. "A contract cannot be awarded without completing certain legal procedures," he said. We understand. Protecting the Chure area is everyone's responsibility. Exploitation of that area will cause disaster.

Mayor Birendra Bhatt also said that there is no information about the extraction of river products from the fish river and red water. If so, it is an illegal act. We have not done an EIA in that area.

Kamalsingh Rana, the driver of one of the tractors found transporting river products from Machili river, said that he collects and transports stones and sand by paying tax to the municipality and community forest. I am a driver, collect tax receipts and collect sand. I don't know anything else," he said.

A tractor trailer was found while transporting sand from the red water area. There is a situation where we have to reach the foot of Chure Hill. There is no goods at the bottom," another tractor driver Dal Bahadur Khati told Kantipur, "We are paying 1200 rupees to the municipality and 1.50 rupees to the community forest for each trip of a tractor.

The chief district officer of Kailali, Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, said that the first responsibility for controlling the illegal collection and transportation of river products lies with the concerned local level. Prazia Mishra said, "The first responsibility for conducting EIA, awarding contracts and controlling theft is the responsibility of the local level," said Prazia Mishra. It is our job to control it until we get the information.

Soni Construction of Krishnapur-2 Kanchanpur has signed an agreement with the Godavari Municipality for 2081/82 to collect only the specified amount of river material from the Godavari river on October 12. . But he is also collecting uninterrupted river products from fish river and red water area contrary to the agreement area. 

Likewise, the municipality has signed a contract with Kiran Construction on October 9 for 081/082 for 1 crore 32 lakh 18 thousand rupees for collection of river products from Khairana river in specified quantity. Similarly, the municipality has signed a contract with Balaji Construction of Dhangadhi sub-metropolitan city-2 on November 18 for the collection of river products from Khutia river in the specified quantity for 546 million 60 thousand rupees.

The topography of the Chure area, known as Kanchha Pahad, is considered to be very poor. According to experts, Chure has its own special significance. This area is generally considered to be very sensitive due to the loose sheet rock that is not completely excavated and the rivers flowing from the Mahabharata flow towards the Terai through this broken area. 

According to experts, many environmental problems are emerging in the Terai region as the condition of water bodies in the Chure Hills and Bhawar areas is deteriorating. Water sources are drying up. Every year, due to floods, the agricultural lands of Terai Madhes are flooded with sand and silt, along with erosion of villages. 

'If the destruction of Chure is not stopped in time, the ecological system of this region will become more weak, the life of the Terai region may become more dangerous,' said Mahesh Mishra, land conservation assistant of President Chure Terai Madhesh Conservation Development Program Implementation Unit, Lamki Kailali, 'in recent years, man-made problems The destruction of Chure is increasing. Chure area is being eroded due to unorganized settlement, exploitation of natural resources, domestic cattle grazing, unorganized mining of river products, forest burning, environment unfriendly development infrastructure, etc. Our responsibility is only the construction of embankments and recharge ponds in some places along with flood prevention. That program all comes from above.

The annual loss of human wealth caused by floods in the coastal Terai region is a product of Chure devastation. In Terai districts including Kailali, a large amount of damage is caused every year during monsoons and unseasonal monsoons. A 20-year master plan for Chure protection has also been made in 074 of the committee. But implementation is patchy.

In Kailali, there are 1,032 rivers that are more than 6 meters wide, and there are 54 rivers that cross the highway from Chure. Kailali, which has 181 wetlands and a height of 1920 meters, is considered to be rich in natural diversity. 40 percent share is occupied by Kailali.