Narayani River Conference issues 12-point declaration

February 14, Nawalparasi: The Narayani River Conference held in Gaindakot of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta Purba) concluded on Tuesday by issuing a 12-point declaration paper.

The declaration paper includes the issues of the cleanliness of the river and its conservation and sustainability.

Likewise, the declaration paper has stressed ecosystem-based activities for the conservation of aquatic creatures and watershed areas.

Homnath Subedi, one of the organizing committee members, said the conference had laid emphasis on the cleanliness of the river, operation of conservation-centric activities, and control of industrial pollution.

Around two dozen working papers were presented at the two-day-long conference.

The speakers at the conference said that the conservation of the Narayani River was vital as its watershed area impacted around 1.1 million population and 468,000 hectares of land in different districts including Chitwan, Nawalparasi and Makawanpur. RSS