Nepali Army serving beyond primary duties

BY A STAFF REPORTER

Kathmandu, Sept. 30: Last Monday, a massive landslide occurred on the road from Zhigrana to Kudasain in Doti after continuous rains. The residents of Dhamidanda and Garagaun found it very difficult to go to the district headquarters from Bagalek. 

Farmers who regularly deliver their produce to the local market also had to get stuck in the village.

The Nepali Army at Singha Sardul Company assigned to protect the Khaptad National Park received the information that the locals were suffering due to road blockage. 

After that, the team sent from the Company took five hours to remove the landslide and open the blocked road. Now, the road has come to a regular operation.

Not only the clearance of the blockage of landslide at Zhigrana, the Company has been doing many social works in the buffer zone area of the National Park. Around Khaptad, which is in the middle of Bajhang, Bajura, Achham and Doti, it is engaged in everything from cleanliness to awareness programmes for nature conservation.

Only on Wednesday, the Company managed the garbage from Doti to Khaptad entrance to Zhigrana to Beechpani. Company Commander and Major Binod Bahadur Silwal said that six and a half kilometers of road has been cleaned. According to him, not only the entry road from Doti to Khaptad, but the road to Khaptad from all districts has been cleaned. 

Silwal said that the park staffers were also involved in the cleaning and management.

Public awareness on nature conservation

The Company organised a public awareness programme on nature conservation in Bhirkhu and Dailekanda of Sanphebagar Municipality-11 of Achham on Monday and Tuesday. 

Major Silwal said that a public awareness programme was held with the participation of 40 local people.

He said, “Recently, nature is being exploited in many places. It is everyone’s duty to stop it. That’s why the Company is delivering message to the public for the conservation of nature in different places.”

He said that teachers, students and local people participated in the programme. He believed that such programmes would sensitize public towards nature conservation.