They became self-sufficient by producing wooden utensils in the forest and exchanging them for grain in nearby villages. He was neutral in his behavior, customs and speech.
This community is a community that has been living a wandering life in the forests around Karnali and Sudurpaschim and Lumbini provinces. The Raute community, which is almost the last nomadic tribe in South Asia, is in crisis recently. This community, which has grown up in the quiet, beautiful and clean environment of the forest, has fallen into greed. Due to the initiatives taken by the government and the growing awareness of the citizens, they have started to come closer to the society. As they moved closer to the society, their lives became more negative than positive.
As they move closer to the society, their household and family numbers are decreasing instead of increasing like other common people of the society. According to the census data of 2068, there were a total of 618 people living in Route, and according to the census of 2078, there are currently 46 households in this community. The number of routes has been reduced to 143.
In the past, Raute, who looked strong and agile in terms of health, has recently become weak and sickly. Ubela's Hattakatta Balia Raute is getting weaker day by day due to addiction to money and alcohol.
Until two to three decades ago, this area with dense forests was a safe habitat for the roaches. However, in recent times, their situation has changed due to the increasing impact of development, urbanization and modernization. The life, philosophy, culture and civilization routed by increasing modernization are in crisis.
Dependent route after getting allowance
The Raute community is the king of the jungle, living within the rules of its own king, its own government. Seeing the suffering of the citizens of this community, the government started distributing allowances to help them in their livelihood and to prevent deforestation. But that allowance has become a curse for them.
Mahin Bahadur Shahi, Mahamukhiya of Raute, says that an allowance of 500 rupees was initially given to them to stop cattle breeding and to make their livelihood easier. The city government has done well. Not bad. He sends allowances for Hamur in different ways,' says Shahi, 'how many virtues he recognizes, how good he recognizes them. They say that we don't have to do a lot of work.
He says that they are happy when the city government comes with allowance wherever they go.Earlier, the Route community, which did not allow new people to enter their living area, has now changed. At one time, they lived in the belief that touching money is a sin, but now they are asking for money while walking.
The government had been providing a monthly allowance of Rs 500 per person since the financial year 2064-065. A year later, it increased from 500 to 1000. In the year 2075-76, it was increased to 2000 and from 2076 to 4000 from 3000 and 77, the allowance was increased to 4000, said Lal Bahadur Khatri, who was employed by Sosec from 2075 as a pair teacher.
At that time, when they began to understand the monthly allowance as an allowance, they began to understand the Minister of Finance as the 'Minister of Money'. From then on, they realized that they had to do nothing now that they met the finance minister who printed money. They began to think - 'The Minister of Finance makes money and the Prime Minister distributes it.'
They entered Baluwatar for the first time in 2066 from the forest after starting to receive monthly allowance. At that time, they met the Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda), then President Ram Varan Yadav, Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai and others and gifted them handmade wooden items.
Earlier, the Route community, which did not allow new people to enter their living area, has now changed. They once lived in the belief that touching money is a sin, but now they are asking for money while walking.
Mahamukhiya Shahi says that since outsiders did not visit the Raute community before, they did not know about kults such as jandraxi, but recently, as they live closer to the society and people from the city have started going to the Raute community, the whole community is deteriorating due to alcoholism. "The people of our community did not eat like this," he said, "we were taught by the society and the people where we lived before." He did not say that it will end. Towns and villages first taught to eat. After learning to eat, eat. It's hard to leave now. When there is no money, there is unemployment. If you get money, you want to eat. It has also had a great impact on our community.
Suryanarayan Shahi, another headman, said that after moving from the forest to the villages, there has been a change from before. "When we moved closer to the society, we not only learned to drink," he said, "We didn't wear shoes before." Learn now. All the cities taught.
Earlier, they were self-sufficient even in the forest, but when the government started giving them monthly allowances, Mukhiya Shahi, who was dependent and lazy, accepted. Are you lazy? Do you also drink alcohol? What will you do if the government decides not to give you monthly allowance? In response to the question, Chief Suryanarayan Shahi said, 'What to do now? If the monthly allowance is removed, we will make the same old wood rents and sell them in the village to raise our family.
Shahi claims that the 'city people' taught him to eat alcohol when he did not know about Raute and thought that he would die after consuming it. Some people think they are sinners. It was taught to eat that nothing happens after consuming this lychee (liquor). Now we have started eating boilers too," he said about the changes in his community. "We are all learning. One day our children will also learn to stay at home.
Khatri, a couple of teachers, says that Route's addiction to alcohol has also increased due to alcoholism. They used to drink less and started drinking since they started getting 1,000 per month allowance. Even if you don't eat now, they won't accept it. On the contrary, they say that we will stop the alcohol production company and then we will stop eating it," Khatri said with a laugh.
Government investment is water on sand
The government of Karnali province allocates lakhs of funds every year under the title of relief and rehabilitation compensation for the Routey community.
The traditional and original eating style of this community has changed. The cost of alcohol increased. Interest in Sahariya food increased, due to which Route's health also became weak, Khadka said.
According to the data provided by the Ministry of Social Development, Karnali Province, the state government has allocated one crore rupees from 2075-76 for the main streamlining of the route. In 2075/76, 400,000 was spent on 20 budgets, while in 076/77, only 200,000,000 was spent. In 2077-78, two and a half lakhs were spent out of the allocated two lakhs. According to Anita Gyawali, officer of Social Security and Women's Development Branch, about one crore rupees has been allocated out of nine lakhs to four lakhs in 2078/79. Gyawali informed that no separate budget has been allocated for the route in the financial year 2079-80.
In the traditional skills crisis
The Raute community, who used to travel from village to village carrying the materials they made and exchange them for food, are now in crisis due to the lack of skill protection. After this community started getting financial support from the government and organizations, it has stopped making pottery and is slowly falling into the trap of alcohol. The main reason for this is the government, says Lal Bahadur Khatri, a pair of teachers posted from Sosek Nepal.
Due to alcohol, the birth rate is decreasing and the death rate is increasing
In the year 2072, Kapil Shahi, a young man from Raute, was seriously injured by burns. He was taken to Kathmandu and treated. However, the fire burns did not heal. He resorted to alcohol to ease the pain of the wound. He died of excessive alcohol consumption.
Narayan Shahi, a young man from Raute who slept near the fire after consuming too much alcohol on Tuesday, is seriously injured. He was taken to Kathmandu for treatment after he could not be treated at the Karnali State Hospital, where 30 percent of his body was burnt.
Shivraj Shahi is another youth from the community who died due to excessive consumption of alcohol. Shivraj, who was addicted to liquor like lychee available in the market, died in Baisakh 2078. In the last five years, 29 people from the Raute community have lost their lives. Among the dead are 19 children and 10 adults. Most of them were adult-aged Rote citizens who died due to alcohol consumption.
According to Khatri, not only the death rate but also the birth rate has decreased in the Raute community with the money given by the government as allowance. "Every day I meet with the Route couple and ask them not to drink because of alcohol, their population has decreased and no children have been born," he said. But after the government gives four months' allowance at once, they start drinking again.
26 babies have been born in the Raute community in the last five years. According to the data provided by the route project conducted by Sosec Nepal in the community, 26 babies have been born from July 2075 to November 2078. Since then, no children have been born in the community. Out of 26 children born in a period of five years, 14 people have lost their lives. This shows that the infant mortality rate in the Raute community is more than 50 percent.
Khatri, who is assigned to the Raute slum as a pair of teachers of the project, said that when parents drink alcohol and do not take care of their newborns, babies die within a week of birth. "Route's stay is the same. They sleep on the cold floor. No nutritious food. On top of that, infants are dying prematurely when their parents are addicted to alcohol, while the health condition of adults is also deteriorating due to alcohol, he said. –2080 June 11, Monday Published in INS Independent News
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