Author: Himalaya Post

An unknown corner of a known city, 1-Bigha-area, is now becoming a new travelling hotspot of Dharan. This was after construction of beautifully designed tree houses, which is drawing crowds in greater number by the day. Tree houses in the Subha Gantabya Resort draw around 1000 footfalls a day. The resort is located at a sloppy hill of Dharan-13 Shibhadhara, on the opposite side of the first turn of the serpentine road that connects Dharan and Bhedetar. ”People are thronging our resort because of the tree houses that we built for the first time not only in our city but also in east Nepal”, said Gyandip Limbu, the owner of the resort. According to Limbu, besides Dharan, people from Itahari, Biratnagar and surrounding cities are frequenting these innovative dining spaces. ”Even people from bordering areas of Bihar in India come here on a daily basis”, said Limbu. Constructed at an estimated budget of 5 million rupees, Dharan’s pioneering tree houses brought tourists even before its formal inaugural. ”We were of the mood to formally launch our tourism package on the eve of New Year 2018”, said Limbu, ”But, visitors started crowding as soon as we accomplished our preliminary construction phase of tree houses.” First commercially successful tree house project at the upper edge in Dharan sub metropolis prompted a Community Forest at the lower edge of this touristic city...

Minister for Women, Children and Senior Citizens, Parbat Gurung today said the ministry would formulate next fiscal year’s action plan targeting people with disabilities. “People with disabilities will be included in the process to prepare the action plan next fiscal year. Physical infrastructures to be constructed will be differently-abled people friendly,” he said addressing an event organised here on the occasion of the 13th establishment day of the National Federation of the Disabled Nepal (NFDN). Similarly on the occasion, the NFDN president Bal Krishna Gaire stressed the need for the governments of all levels, federal, state and local, to unite to address problems of the people with disabilities. Stating that out of the total disabled people, 50 percent are related to physical disabilities, and they are dealing with many problems in rural areas, he asked the local government to focus on it. The NFDN vice president Ram Prasad Dhungana underscored the need for the government to be serious on directing construction of disabled people friendly physical infrastructures. Other speakers demanded that the government makes necessary arrangements under the people’s housing programme for the people with disabilities who are homeless wanting to make ends meet and manage programmes to provide education, health service, social security, health and life insurances and pension they are entitled to. They also drew the attention of the government to direct making public transport and information...