BANKE, June 3: The newly-elected people's representatives in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality in the district of Banke have prioritized their efforts to stop illegal mining from rivers and streams.

BETRAWATI, July 25: Tough measures are being mooted to prevent unlawful mining of rivers and rivulets in Nuwakot district. A meeting of the district monitoring and coordination committee held at Bidur on Wednesday took the decision to place stringent measures for the prevention of ongoing extraction of river products.