Chure Range Faces Severe Crisis Due to Political Interference and Uncontrolled Exploitation, Warns Expert

Kathmandu. The Chure range, considered the 'water tower' of Nepal's southern plains and India's vast Ganges plain, is in serious crisis due to extreme political interference and uncontrolled exploitation.

Dr. Kiran Poudel, National Program Coordinator of the Chure Resilient Project under the Global Agriculture and Food Program and former Chairman of the President Chure Conservation Development Committee, has warned that if the Chure is not freed from party politics, Nepal's food granary will turn into a desert within the next decade.