Bureaucratic Hurdles Leave Community Forest Timber Rotting in Kailali

Kailali. Bimala Budhathoki, a resident of Ghodaghodi Municipality-1, Sukkhad, lives right next to a community forest and is a member herself. She initially thought obtaining timber for her new house would be easy, but the reality proved otherwise.

Complaining about the difficulty of obtaining wood for windows and doors despite living near the forest, Budhathoki says, "I thought being a member would make it easy, but the process is incredibly cumbersome. I ended up having to buy expensive timber from a sawmill."