April
2, 2013:- After collective advocacy by local people finally, the Great
Himalayan Trail Development Project (GHTD) and Nepal Government Ministry of
Finance have raised 1.8 million funds for construction of Setopokhari Phaplu
new trekking trail through Muddi of Chheskam Solukhumbu. Local people of lower
Solukhumbu have been demanding to construct new trekking trail from Setopokhari
valley to Phaplu airport through the bank of Hunggu River.
In
this regard, Barshaman Pun immediate minister of finance was given letter of
memorandum, when he went to Bung to inaugurate Kulung national festival Chakchakur
on January 2013. Similarly the team of GHTD has been convinced on positive interrelation
of Great Himalayan Trail and Phaplu Setopokhari trekking trail promotions. Meanwhile, in collaboration with Avenues national television and Samas Media Pvt. Ltd, a
local NGO Hill Development and Conservation Group Nepal visualized and disseminated
needs of this trail on Avenues Television on March 2012. As the impacts of main those aforementioned
three events the GHTD project Nrs. 0.8 million and ministry of Finance Nrs. 1 million have funded for this trial construction.
Parkhi
Dhan Nachhiring the Executive Member of Hill Development & Conservation
Group Nepal who involved in monitoring of implemented program has said that
there is needed at least 3 bridges construction and if it is ignored for
immediate, at least 3.5 million additional budgets is needed for whole trail
construction up to Setopokhari valley where proposed the Great Himalayan Trail
can be accessed.