Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Chairman Mahanta Thakur Raises Concerns Over Chure Exploitation and Budget Effectiveness

Kathmandu. Loktantrik Samajwadi Party (LSP) Chairman Mahanta Thakur has raised serious questions about the Chure exploitation happening in the Madhesh region and the effectiveness of budget implementation.

While presenting his views at a meeting of the National Assembly's Development, Economic Affairs and Good Governance Committee on Monday, Chairman Thakur commented that although there are talks of development, adverse situations are being created in practice.

He stated that uncontrolled exploitation of the Chure and Bhabar regions has created a major crisis in the Madhesh. His statement indicated that excessive exploitation of natural resources has led to severe problems of erosion in the north and flooding in the south during the monsoon season.

He expressed dissatisfaction, saying that despite settlements remaining submerged for months, the state bodies have not paid adequate attention. In this context, he mentioned that due to a lack of environmental awareness and physical destruction, even schools established in the past are on the verge of closure.

Chairman Thakur criticized the budget allocation and its spending process as not being transparent. He said, 'We are talking about Chure destruction, but the process of extracting stones, soil, and sand from there has not stopped. The situation in the Bhabar region is also the same. Budgets are allocated, but their results are not visible. Half the budget disappears somewhere, and no one knows where. Just as we don't see the Earth rotating, the budget is also disappearing into nothing.'

He mentioned that although budgets were allocated in previous years, they could not reach the target groups and regions, and he wished that this time the budget would not go to waste like pouring water on sand. He emphasized that development construction plans should not be limited to paper but should be implemented in a way that the public can feel.

At the committee meeting, Chairman Thakur drew the government's attention to understanding the sensitivity of the Madhesh region and making development plans result-oriented.