Bajhang, Sept. 3 -- Despite making headlines for all the good reasons-whether it be standing up against haphazard development or initiating dialogue among Bajhang residents on adopting sustainable development measures-the chief district officer of Bajhang, Suresh Sunar, has been transferred from the district.

To make the transfer possible, the past month saw delegations from the people's representatives, lawmakers, former lawmakers, former ministers and party leaders in Bajhang visit the Ministry of Home Affairs in Kathmandu demanding the immediate transfer of Sunar. Sunar's stringent stand against the haphazard use of heavy equipment and bulldozers on road projects without conducting feasibility studies had not gone down well with them....