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Dhankuta Municipality is going to develop the road which used to carry salt from Dharan to Dhankuta as a footpath in order to attract tourists to its market area.
Due to the historical importance of the local Athapaharia caste, the road cannot be constructed in this area in the Akkar Bhir area of Beke, except for the annual pilgrimage by that caste. Although Dhankuta market is located at a distance of about nine kilometers from the Mulghat road section on the border of Sangurigarhi rural municipality and the said municipality on the Koshi highway, due to geographical difficulties, one has to cross 17 kilometers to reach the market.
Due to this geographical difficulty, hundreds of tourists who come daily to Moolghat via Bhedetar, Namaste waterfall of Sangurigarhi rural municipality, which is a major tourist area in the east, have not been able to reach Dhankuta. To overcome this geographical difficulty, the city has started the construction of a footpath from the banks of the Tamur River in Moolghat to the market through Tekunala village in Bhir Ward No. 8 of Akkar.
This footpath has been the path to Sunsari's Koka River and Barahkshetra Pilgrims since the ancient times of the marginalized Athapaharia caste, who are a minority in the city. In this caste community, the relatives of those who died throughout the year gather at Chirbire Chautara of this place and go to the Barah area for four days on the date of Kartik Purnima.
In collaboration with the long-term tourism project to bring in tourists while promoting the culture of the Athapaharia caste, the construction of the footpath from Tekunala village to Chirbire Chautara has been completed.
A budget of around Rs. 20 million is required to complete the footpath under construction from Mulghat and Dhankute Khola Dobhan in Ward No. 9 to the south and north. Along with the footpath, which is targeted to be completed in five years, a homestay of the Athapaharia caste will be operated.
The goal of the footpath is to introduce tourists to the city by showing the culture of Athapaharias to the tourists who come to Tamur River and Moolghat. After the completion of this four-kilometer footpath, they will be able to go to Dhankuta market which is about three kilometers away from Tekunala village through the dirt road by all kinds of small vehicles. Tourists who come by foot will get to see the panoramic view of the Tamur River region, and the geographical difficulty, and study the lifestyle and culture of the Athapaharia tribe, which is a densely populated area.
"The first phase of 400 meters of footpath construction was completed by the end of Falgun, as part of the ongoing plan," said Ratna Bahadur Rai, Chairman of the Consumer Committee._Rss
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