Tehrathum, Nov. 7 -- Laligurans Municipality in Tehrathum district has been constructing a park, a museum building, a pond, roads, a picnic spot, a playground, among other infrastructure, inside the Deurali Bhulkedhara Namuna Community Forest in Basantapur Bazaar.

Dil Bahadur Subedi, a local man who also operates a hotel in Ghurmise, Tinjure, said that the government has been building the infrastructure inside the community forest area without abiding by the legal procedures. "The locals have filed a complaint against the municipality. We understand infrastructure development is necessary but the efforts should be on drinking water projects, irrigation and road construction. Construction of infrastructure inside the forests is useless an...