Federal parliament team begins study on deforestation

Kathmandu - The Agriculture, Cooperative and Natural Resources Committee of the Federal Parliament has begun study on the deforestation caused in the name of scientific forest management. The team of committee members Shanta Chaudhari, Satya Narayan Sharma Khanal and Raj Bahadur Budhthapa arrived in the district and began study.

The team held discussion with the stakeholders on the activities carried out by the community forest users' group under the scientific forest management. The committee arrived in Kanchanpur after the forest management by the users' group drew widespread criticisms, the federal committee grew concerned and arrived here for the study.