The municipality has requested the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) to investigate the fact that the land of Mardhar Wetlands located in Chandrapur Municipality-8, which is known as a tourist area, has been registered in the name of an individual.

Recently, the municipal government has investigated  An application has been submitted to both agencies to take action against the culprits and bring them back. The ward office has also stopped collecting property tax on wetland land in the name of individuals.

After the land registry office of Chandranigahpur failed to cancel the writ, the municipality filed a case in the Birganj High Court. Out of the 100 bigha land in the Mardhar wetland area, 10 bigha land in the place where the lake is located has been passed in the name of individuals. 

City chief Sanjay Kafle said that there could be a compromise between the concerned agencies and that the wetland land should be returned anyway. "We have also requested the authority and CIB to investigate," he said, "If the truth is investigated, we can bring back the wetland land." This has become a challenge.

A team with the mayor's convoy went to the capital and submitted a request to both agencies. The Ministry of Tourism of Madhesh Province spent 3.5 million rupees last year for the protection and promotion of wetlands and built structures such as rest houses, toilets and fences. In the same year, the state government allocated 15 million rupees for the development of Mardhar wetlands.  When the

money was about to be spent, the secret of the land mafia in its name was revealed. City chief Kafle said that the amount was returned after it was made public that it had been passed in the name of the individual. After the registration of wetland land was passed in the name of an individual, even the municipality was surprised. Out of that land, 80 bighas have been built by people from Dhiyal of Makwanpur. Now the wetland area is limited to 10 bighas.

CIB chief AIG Chandra Kuber Khapung said that he will proceed after understanding the request made by Chandrapur Municipality. He said, "Whether it falls within the jurisdiction of CIB or not, we can only know by looking at the complaint." The municipality has requested the court, authority and CIB for the return of 10 bighas of land where the lake is located. In the beginning, the cancellation process was initiated from the cargo ship.

The municipality had written to the Land Port Office Chandranigahpur on the 20th of December last to proceed with the process of canceling the registration in the name of the public lake. Malpot went to the municipal court after sending a letter stating that the wetlands land was registered in the name of an individual by the then commission. 

Dilip Koirala, the legal advisor of the municipality, said that the case filed in the Birgunj High Court is in the process of being decided. "Rather than letting it end like this, we have filed a petition as it is necessary for the authority and CIB to investigate," he said, "It is necessary to take initiative from all sides." Government land is being ruled by the mafia.

There is a settlement of people who have moved from Dhiyal in the eastern area of ​​the wetland. The municipality said that it has started an internal study on the transfer of land in the settlement area as well. With the connivance of the land mafia, the land in the west of the lake has also been transferred to individuals. The municipal office has informed that the wetland area with the lake has been divided in whose name. 

Hem Bahadur Malla, the then Forest Minister of the Panchayat period, after the settlement was removed from Dhiyal of Makwanpur, they settled here by passing wetland land. According to the Malpot Office, the high-level commission for the strengthening of the forest area divided 80 bighas of land and passed it. It is the understanding of the municipality that the encroachment of the wetland land has increased after the commission passed the wetland area in the name of the individual, saying that it was the land of Dhiyal. 

It is mentioned in the letter that according to the decision of the Council of Ministers dated 15th June 2046, the lands of the wetlands were allotted and allotted to them. It is mentioned in the commission's letter that most of them were given land at the rate of 10/10. Safla Neupane of Makwanpur Dhiyal has got red parts of 7 pieces of lot number 170. 

It is seen from the papers in the property that the remaining 19 people divided the land at the rate of 10/10 and handed over the red parts. Most of those removed from Dhiyal were given land in the new township of Gujra municipality (then Rangpur VDC). Ward 8 chairman Jitendra Chaudhary said that they may have transferred Mardhar's land in their name at the same time.

Ward of wetlands has not collected property tax for 3 years. The landowners have been pressuring them to pay the dues by reaching the ward office. After the land mafia started occupying the land in the wetland area, the locals formed a struggle committee to protect it. There is a large pond in the wetland area. It has been made worth visiting for tourists.

However, after the mafia passed the wetlands in their name, efforts were started to return them, said Shiv Prasad Acharya, coordinator of the Sangharsh Committee. After Nunthar, Jangejharna, Shivnagar, Maulapur, Nijanandham in the district, the wetlands are among the places to visit for tourists.