Kathmandu. Three decades ago, timber was the main source of livelihood for Mankaji Shrestha of Bandipur Rural Municipality-1 in Tanahun. The family's livelihood was through timber trade and industry. Initially, he easily got the raw material for the industry, i.e. timber. Therefore, he never imagined that one day he would have to close his industry due to lack of timber. But time was not always the same. He had to go through the forest to get ti…
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Kathmandu. Three decades ago, timber was the main source of livelihood for Mankaji Shrestha of Bandipur Rural Municipality-1 in Tanahun. The family's livelihood was through timber trade and industry. Initially, he easily got the raw material for the industry, i.e. timber. Therefore, he never imagined that one day he would have to close his industry due to lack of timber. But time was not always the same. He had to go through the forest to get ti…