11th Chure Conservation Day being observed today

Kathmandu, June 16: The 11th Chure Conservation Day is being observed today on the occasion of the establishment of the President Chure-Terai Madhesh Conservation Development Committee.

The Committee’s Programme Implementation Unit, Chitwan, Prakash Nepal, informed that a main function has been organized in Kawaswoti of Nawalparasi (Bardaghat Susta East) in the presence of President Ramchandra Paudel today. It may be noted that the Committee was established in 2079 BS, aiming at contributing to poverty alleviation through natural resource conservation, sustainable management and ecosystem protection in Chure.

Since its establishment, the Committee has reported that it has worked to control landslides, streams and gullies in 1,459 locations, expand multi-year crops over 166 hectares of steep agrarian land, run a greenery promotion program over 5,230 hectares, and produce and distribute 2.93 million saplings. Furthermore, it has constructed 412 kilometers of riverbank walls, established 162 hectares of green belts, restored 139 wetland ponds, built rainwater collection ponds, and conserved 548 water sources.

Additionally, nearly 1.5 billion rupees have been spent in the name of Chure conservation. The Committee has spent 14.96 billion rupees up to the fiscal year 2080-81. The Committee, having its central office in Lalitpur, has been working throughout the country by setting up program implementation units in Salakpur, Janakpur, Chitwan, Butwal, and Lamki.