I got this from some chitwane friends of mine who are already tired of seein maps that says Chitwan is part of Madhesh. (Chitwan's population is more than 90% pahadiyas, less than 1% Madhesis and about 5-10% Tharus?)

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We in Chitwan produce more than 60% of nation's poultry, third largest amount of milk, we have nation's top draw national park, 200 top quality hotels, two airport, several medical schools, hospitals and Devighat. We are also 'heart' of nation's transport. But all our money goes to central govt. Our people living in Madi still live in medieval era. Be a person from Madi, and you feel how badly ignored you are. It is like 'batti muni adhyaaro'. Even Maoists killed 39 of our people and maimed so many, but they walk freely. Govt hasn't done anything to our 39 dead, even as it gives millions to others.

Furthermore, due to these bandas, our tourism industry is destroyed. We have welcomed every community from the country in Chitwan, and what have we got in return?

We are tired of bandas. If Chitwan is free state, we can lure other industries to chitwan by promisin no racial state, no ethnic tension, no bandhs, and highly civilized society.

We are more than 95% Pahades here, but we are being considered a part of Madhesh for the next 'federalism set up'. We don't want to be part of any state that has ethnicity attached to it. We are non-ethnic truly cosmopolitan state and will be so.

Chitwan will not be a state where ethincity will be more important. We are most civilized people. We will live together. We will have our free court, free schools and we will help our poors in our own way. Leave us alone. We have enough resources. We are not part of Madhesh, and we are not part of any other 'desh' than Nepal.

None of our money comes back to our district. If only our taxes came back, we would have underground train by now running from Narayanghat to Rampur, Madi, Lothar, Tandi and Mugling.We are being looted. We need justice. Our own people are poor and it is time that we be able to spend our all money right here. This is what we all want. We will soon be as rich as Cyprus.

Sincerely

FREE CHITWAN MOVEMENT

forufreerepublics,
ke ho rukum kata bata pasyoni feri?
bikash k.c ke ho small heaven kai ho ta!
hami pani tetai tetai ho. pachi nist padhya ho kya ho?
ani ahile katani
tara bro chitwan ko kura aauda rampur chain birsina bhayena la.

bikash kc sham uncle ko chora hoina.. sher bahadur ko chora ho... lanku ko

lau yaha ta sab pole khullla jasto chha
ma kaso garum ni?
cool kancho n crystal cracker wanna know u ppl
really interested

Gitanagarma hurkeko, Kamal devi padheko
Orchid ma halleko, rampur ma jameko.
bikash lai nist pachi bheteko
nam mero coolkancho
khai malai chineko
ho khai malai chineko sssssssssssssssssssssssssssskhai malai chinekosssssssssssssssssssss
NAME tira dekheko, Bishal le chinako?
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ma pani chitwan ko ma pani chitwan ko

coolKanchoo,
Does your name start from D?

la kool kanchhooo ta
jamyo
sappai bhed kholi halyo
good nam k paryo solti?
hamlai ni yaad ai halchha ki?
ani aile kaha?
k gardai?

crystalcracker timi pani bhannni hoki?

Nam chain nabhanu ki bro?
now, in mankato.

Mankot, Gorkha

coolkanchho,
which batch of orchid are you?.. i know quite a few guys from there

second batch.
who do you know?

second batch.
who do you know?

Then I am sure I know you. Give me a clue about yourself.

On a serious note:

An autonomous Chitawan in New Nepal makes much sense!

Since our politics has already opened the Pendora Box of ethnicity-bsed-political movement, it will takes at least few decades to clearly understand the real cost of this "newly discovered" confusion in our already lagged endevour for nation building.

But given the forward looking role Chitawan has so far successfully played, it not fair to make Chitawan wait for so many more decades to get new life. Being a Chitaune, I am shocked to see Chitawan painted as a part of Upendra Yadhav's Madhes.

Chitawn is truly multiethenic socity. Over the time, the society has evolved harmoniously without any feeling of communal tension. Examine the electoral history, we can see how the representation is truely proportional: Chitawan has elected representatives form all casts and ethenic groups, bahun, chhetry, gurung, tharu, Newar, women etc. But it was not by any sort of reservation or regulation, rather it was possible because of harmonious evolution of goodwills among different ethinic groups.

Once again, in the New Nepal, Chitawan has a new role to play by demonstrating how a broader cooperation and goodwill among different ethnic groups helps all to be winners. Yes, there was/is problem of poverty and backwarness; but Chitaune never blamed to others (though they were always in the frontline in democratic movement) and they knew well that the common enemy was/is the poverty.

I spent my schooling days in Chitawan, and during my College life, friends from other disctrict used to tease me by labeling Chitawan as 76th district (an outlier). Yet, Chitawan would be considered as as a place with higer level of political awareness. And I was not sure what it means (since I do not have much expereince in other places).

Later, I once had to visit Chitawan as a urban development expert. I was earlier invovled in similar missions to other districts including Kathmandu vally. Part of the job of our expert team was to look at the condition of urban road and how the municipalities were managing it. As an expert, I had a bitter experinece with the people of Kathmandu, where most people expected central government to improve local roads (access road). They were not ready even to bear a small part of it. We even encoutered so called elites say with 3-4 ropanis of land served by narrow 8 ft of access road. When we made proposal that the road be widened by 3 feets both sides and then be paved by department of road budget (no contributuion from land owners, some subsidy from central govt for shifting compound walls). Our estimate suggested that with this improvement, the land price would go up at least by 20-30 percent. To our surprise majority of the people (land owners) opposed the plan (asking for compensation for 1 m widening) and so called educated elites always in the front line leading the opposition.

When we visited Bharatpur (Chitawan's DHQ), all our team memebrs were utterly surprised; almost all roads within the municipality boudary were wide and black-topped. The Mayor explain us that land owners contrubute land for widening and 40 % cost was from Municipality budget and 60 % from land-owners. We were surprised also to learned that landowners fully cooperative and willing accepting every projects.

Chitaune are willing to contribute for paving road not because they are RICH or do not care MONEY. Rather it is because they are RATIONAL and SMART. They can see, by paving the access road, the land price goes up surpassing their contribution by many times. This was the first time I could clearly realize how Chitawan is DIFFERENT !

And we can find many of similar innovative initiatives that Chitawan can boast of.

If our politician go for federal structure, lets launch a campaign to keep Chitawan as a special autonomus region (or at least direct rule by the center).

And I am always proud to be a CHITAUNE !!!

hya sathiharu kool kancho n crystalcracker
k ho?parichaya lukauni?
bhayenani?
lau parichaye garnu paryo
kya rag garya yaar
arka ko chai sab bhed kholni afnu chai lukauni?
bhaiyenani ho
lau garum ta

afai chinau,

Neutral ji

Euta kura matra prasta parna man lagera lekhdai chhu.

Chitwan is regarded as 76th district not as an outlier but as a centre of all activities.
Becoz it is the transportation centre and it is the place that harbours
people from all around Nepal.

So becoz of collectivity it is 76th district not becoz of outlier.

न्युट्रल ब्रदर,

क्या दनादन दिनु भो, मानें। मैले नि त्यहि भन्न खोजेको हो।अँग्रेजी नआएर मात्र लेखेको कुरो कता पुग्यो कता। चितवनलाई मधेस भन्नु ब्यर्थ हो। म त भन्छु, चितुन, तनहु र धादिङ मिलाएर एउटा राज्य बनाऔँ, भारत र चिन दुबै तिर सिमा जोडिएको। न अरुहरु आफैआफै मा मारकाट गरेर मरे रे भन्ने सुन्नु पर्छ, न चितवनेलाई कसैको सहायता चाहिन्छ। चितवन साँचो अर्थमा असल नेपाल हो, हाम्रो पुर्खाको सपना। बिकसीत, सहिष्णु, सुन्दर, संपन्न, शिक्षित। मधेसी वा जनजाती सबैलाई आउन मुन भए वेलकम, तर कुनै कोटा, रिजर्भेसन आदि बुलसिट हुनेछैन चितुनमा (अलि अलि चेपाङलाई प्रोब्याब्लि)।

Namaskar ji,

You are right; it is due to the transport connectivity role that Chitawan plays. But now Chitawan has to play more challenging role as Cultural Hub. And as Pire ji rightly pointed out, in new Nepal, Chitawan plus few other adjoing district as an autonomous region with "Chitaune Values" can lead by innovative examples.

neutral
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Cool Kanchho bhaneko Anil ho ki Pravin?

I'm also from gitanagar.

Ktaharuko chhadma naam le lukauna nasakla jasto chha.

Thread ko lambai sangai bhed khuldai chha hai.