Balmiki Ashram, settlement nearby remain neglected

Local residents say authorities have paid no heed to the conservation of the historically important site and providing facilities to them.

One day in July, 1997, Mangal Bahadur Chidi Magar, a permanent resident of Balmiki Ashram area in Chitwan, was on his way to the Indian marketplace with two of his nephews through the dense forest when he had an encounter with a bear.