POKHARA, March 21 -- Dozens of tourists visit Sarangkot area every day. Many reach the tower for sightseeing. For this, they pay a certain amount to the government. But of late, tourists have been paying Rs 50 just for using the road, according to tourism entrepreneurs. And this, they warn, will irritate the visitors.

"The government is supposed to charge a fee only to the tourists that wish to visit the tower. But it is charging even if the tourists are walking on the road that passes through the area," said a member of Sarangkot Tourism Board Committee, Chin Bahadur Baniya. "If the tourists have to pay a fee just because they are passing through the main road in the area, they will feel bad about," he added.

The main road is used to r...