{"id":8781,"date":"2024-09-11T15:25:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=8781"},"modified":"2024-09-11T15:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:40:41","slug":"snow-leopard-cave-in-dire-need-of-development-of-physical-infrastructures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/snow-leopard-cave-in-dire-need-of-development-of-physical-infrastructures\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Leopard Cave in dire need of development of physical infrastructures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Myagdi, Sept 11: The Snow Leopard Cave at Thini village of Gharapjhong rural municipality-5 in Mustang district is overshadowed due to inadequate physical infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p>Those existing infrastructures including the access track are in a poor condition, causing grave inconvenience to the visitors to reach the Cave situated 10 minutes&#8217; road trip from Jomsom Bazaar and five minutes&#8217; walking distance from Thini village.<\/p>\n<p>The cave is one among three caves that were discovered while removing the mould during construction of a garden in 2071 BS. The cave measuring more than 10 meters in length offers a panoramic view of Thini village and Jomsom Bazar from inside.<\/p>\n<p>Local leaders see the need for developing and maintaining the physical infrastructures in and around the Cave that acquired the name &#8216;Snow Leopard&#8217; after four snow leopards were captured in camera trap.<\/p>\n<p>Niraj Thakali, local resident of Thini, suggested that construction of 300 metres long trail from Thini village to the cave would enhance accessibility for visitors.<\/p>\n<p>After the uphill track starting from Jomsom-Thini-Dhumbatal road section and leading up to the cave collapsed, visiting the cave has been an arduous affair for the visitors, added Thakali.<br \/>\nNepal is one of only 12 countries that are home to rare and engendered snow leopards. The rural municipality where the cave lies is a part of the Annapurna Conservation Area Project.<br \/>\nThakali noted that the cave, a potential tourist attraction in the locality, was eclipsed due to poor infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government has allocated Rs 2 million in the current fiscal year to build infrastructures in and around the cave, said Prem Prasad Poudel, Chief of Office of Tourism and Industry in Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed his confidence that the improved infrastructures including a new trekking trail would boost visitors&#8217; influx to the cave.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myagdi, Sept 11: The Snow Leopard Cave at Thini village of Gharapjhong rural municipality-5 in Mustang district is overshadowed due to inadequate physical infrastructures. Those existing infrastructures including the access track are in a poor condition, causing grave inconvenience to the visitors to reach the Cave situated 10 minutes&#8217; road trip from Jomsom Bazaar and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8784,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions\/8784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}