January 4, Kathmandu 

They have demanded the government to provide proper security for the disappearance of valuable idols of the ancient heritage of Upper Dolpa.

Stakeholders have demanded the government to provide proper security for the ancient statues at various places in Upper Dolpa, saying that they are gradually disappearing due to lack of security. There are about 100 hundred-year-old monasteries in Dolpa and the valuable idols of the ancient heritage in Upper Dolpa are disappearing due to lack of security, according to local stakeholders. They have demanded the government to make proper security arrangements for that.

Similarly, in most parts of Upper Dolpa, there are no police outposts, but the rainy season lasts only a few months. During the winter, the police go down, 'said Pemawangchen Gurung, chairman of She (Foksundo Gaonpalika-4). "There is a belief that there is no such thing as famine. That is why monasteries are often far away," he said.

Similarly, according to Gurung, robbers from Tibet, China, come every year and loot Buddha statues out of fear. According to Gurung, the incidents of theft have not stopped even after the arrival of the local government. Upper Dolpa is home to a 900-year-old Buddhist settlement. Religious leaders are concerned about the lack of preservation of valuable property in Buddhist monasteries since then. Priest lamas say that there are more than 60 public monasteries in the villages of She9foksundo, Dolpobuddha and Charkatangsong in Upper Dolpa. There are more than a hundred, even private ones.

Upper Dolpa has the largest and most famous monasteries including She, Yangjer, Reebok, Dholung and Samling. ‘Gumbas are extremely valuable assets. The state is not interested in his safety, 'says Ranag (Rinpoche-Dolpo Buddha), the guru of the Yangjer monastery. As a result, these ancient heritages are becoming dilapidated and without idols. '

Local Ang Bahadur Lama lamented that the government has shown little interest in protecting the archeological property in Upper Dolpa, which has a large geography. Despite repeated demands to guarantee the safety of monasteries and the general public, Lama complained that the government did not heed him.

Chief of the District Police Office, Dolpa, Deputy Superintendent of Police Raju Pandey said that the police could not keep them in Upper Dolpa due to lack of weather-friendly infrastructure. "We do not want to keep a police post in the district headquarters. Due to lack of physical infrastructure, it could not be kept cold, 'said DSP Pandey. According to him, the police are staying in Saldang of She-Foksundo Municipality and Kagkot of Charka Tangsong Municipality despite suffering.

Police who went to provide security in May return to the district headquarters in September. The police, who have been living in Upper Dolpa for only four months, are themselves insecure due to lack of physical infrastructure. So far, three policemen have lost their lives on the way to and from Upper Dolpa.