Baglung. Despite the legal provision that prohibits the extraction of riverine materials during the monsoon, sand and stones are being extracted in large quantities from the Kaligandaki River in the Baglung and Parbat areas even in the middle of the monsoon. The illegal extraction of riverine materials from the Kaligandaki, the only river in the world where Shaligram stones are found, has not stopped. Crusher operators and construction entrepreneurs are extracting sand using heavy machinery in the middle of the night. The criteria for excavation, sale, and management of stones, gravel, and sand 2077 prohibits the extraction of riverine materials....