Comprehensive Master Plan of Ghodaghodi Lake Area (GLA).

This Comprehensive Master Plan of Ghodaghodi Lake Area (GLA) is prepared by the Comprehensive Ghodaghodi Lake and Tourism Development Board of the Ghodaghodi municipality in order to conserve and manage the GLA properly under Local Government Operation Act 2074. The master plan visions to develop and transform Ghodaghodi Municipality (GM) as a unique main tourist destination instead of add on destination which accelerates the optimal growth bound economic development through sustainable tourism.
The Missions are proposed in the Plan:1. Creating and enhancing positive impact on the income and living standards of local people of Ghodaghodi Municipality through offering meaningful experience to tourists visiting Ghodaghodi Lake Area (GLA). 2. Developing GLA as a first 'Bird Sanctuary' hub in Nepal and for protection of critically important biological corridor (Basanta Corridor) through mobilizing local community people with their own experiences and local techniques. Major goals outlined in the Plan include: Institutionalizing GLA conservation and management community based organizations such as consumer groups, women groups and youth clubs of deprived, disadvantaged and marginalized groups; Providing touristic services to the tourists through well-equipped and environment friendly infrastructures facilities; Increasing incomes of community people including women and youths of disadvantaged, deprived freed kamaiya and marginalized groups who are directly involve in using natural capital of GLA through skill and knowledge enhancement; Increasing incomes of community people and internal revenue of GM through GLA conservation and tourism development like on basic infrastructure construction, conservation of flora and fauna, social awareness creation campaigns, development of hospitability and quality services delivery to the tourists within next ten years; Developing GLA as bird sanctuary destination through GLA wetland conservation and management and the conservation of natural capital such as birds, local fishes; Conserving and managing GLA watersheds and wetlands as for tourism development destination.