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Nijgadh airport controversy

by sandesh thapa | 03-08-2020 00:58 recommendations 0

Nijgadh airport controversy

Nijgadh is one of the important place of Nepal lies in Bara district which covers the most importantly the Amazon of Nepal.

Currently, it is gaining importance as government has decided t construct a Nijgadh international airport which spreads in 1 sq. Km area. This area is selected from the heart of Nijgadh forest.

Governments decision to construct an international airport is a process of development and we should support it. But, if the construction is not sustainable and is harmful to us in varieties of aspects then we must not support it.

Carbon trade is today¡¯s important source of no investment trade of Nepal. This trade is related to the carbon sequestration by the floras of forest in large quantity.

the project for Nijgadh International Airport got embroiled in a controversy after the environment impact assessment showed that more than 2 million trees would have to be cut down to build the facility. For the past year, environmentalists have been campaigning, arguing that the damage the project will cause to the environment and biodiversity would be irreparable.

Environmental and social impact of project

According to an environmental and social impact assessment carried out by the Tourism Ministry in February 2017, more than 2.4 million small and large trees will have to be felled to build the international airport in three phases.

In the first phase, the project will be developed on 2,500 hectares of the total proposed area. For this, 769,691 trees will have to be cut down. This environmental degradation of the area has drawn criticisms from various quarters.


The airport construction has a huge impact on biodiversity losses. It is a house of spotted deer, elephants, and 18-20 tigers also. They are well protected by the national parks but will have an irreparable damage on biodiversity.

 

Present status

Supreme court of Nepal has canceled the bill for the construction of nijgadh international airport because of the failure of the feasibility study as it has negative impact on environment but government is not willing to do so.

 

Yeah development is needed but destruction is not the solution. Here youths are fighting to make the environment sustainable. On each occasion environment cleanliness and tree plantation campaign has been conducted but the destruction of 2 million trees it not even a pinch of justice.

 

Say yes to sustainable development but not destruction.

 

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11 Comments

  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Greetings sandesh
    I hope you are doing well
    Nijgadh airport construction has been very debatable topic. I hope development would go sustainable favoring ecosystem
    Thank you so much for this report
    Keep writing
    Green cheers
    Regards
    Asmita Gaire
    Posted 29-09-2020 23:16

  • Shruti Shrestha says :
    its all good now.
    NO nature will be destroyed.

    GREEN CHEERS!
    Posted 08-08-2020 00:58

Sonika Pariyar

  • Sonika Pariyar says :
    Hello Sandesh!

    I hope you are fine and doing great!

    Yeah many people were against it and it good news that supreme court cancel bill.Nowadays , people are more conscious about nature conservation.

    Thanks for sharing!

    GREEN CHEERS!

    Regards,
    Sonika
    Posted 04-08-2020 13:09

  • Bal krishna Pandey says :
    Hello Sandesh,
    In this issue, what i feel happy is people are now more concerned about the environment. Not only the environmentalists, public are very aware about environmental costs for any developmental process. I hope there will be no any harm during construction.
    #savenighgarh
    Posted 03-08-2020 21:34

  • Paras Kunwar says :
    Thanks for sharing this information
    Posted 03-08-2020 11:03

  • ALOK DHAKAL says :
    Thanks for sharing

    Posted 03-08-2020 01:14

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