Expressing dissatisfaction with the name and permanent headquarters for Province 7 recommended by the special committee, locals today picketed the Provincial Assembly building in Dhangadhi. Agitating locals staged a protest and shouted slogans against the province government and the special committee that recommended the name and headquarters of the province. Agitators had obstructed vehicular movement at the main bazaar area in Dhangadi. The report prepared by the special committee, led by Provincial Assembly member Tara Lama Tamang, was submitted to the PA yesterday. The special committee had recommended that the province be called Far-west and had named Godawari as its headquarters. The special committee of the PA had submitted the recommendation report to Province 7 Speaker Arjun Bahadur Thapa a month ago. Discussion on the report started from today in the PA. Dhangadi Sub-metropolis Mayor Nrip Bahadur Wad said the government had already invested millions in Dhangadi. Civil society representative Amrit BC said locals wanted to have Dhangadi as the province headquarters. Another member of civil society Hari Regmi accused the committee of recommending Godawari as headquarters in nexus with the land mafia. आफ्नो ठाउँमा राजधानी नतोकेको विरोधमा धनगढीका वासिन्दाले मंगलबार प्रदेशसभा भवन बाहिर प्रदर्शन गरेका छन् । संसदीय समितिले प्रदेश ७ को राजधानी गोदावरी नगरपालिका ४ मा तोकेको विरोधमा उनीहरुले प्रदर्शन गरेका हुन् । राज्यले ठूलो लगानी धनगढीमा गरिसकेको अवस्थामा भू-माफिया र वन तस्करसँग मिलेर गोदावरीमा राजधानी तोक्ने प्रस्ताव राखिएको नागरिक समाजका प्रतिनिधि हरी रेग्मीले बताए । धनगढी उप-महानगरपालीकाका प्रमुख नृपबहादुर वडले राज्यले करोडौ लगानी धनगढीमा लगाएको बताए । उनले भने,’सुनियोजित रुपमा तस्करहरु मिलेर वन फडानी गरेर संरचना बनाउनु गलत हो ।’ प्रदेश नम्बर ७ को स्थायी राजधानी र नामाङ्कनकालागि गठित विशेष सुझाव समितिको प्रतिवेदन मंगलबार प्रदेश सभामा पेश गरिएको थियो । सासंद तारा लामा तामाङको नेतृत्वमा गठन भएको संसदीय समितीले तयार पारेको प्रतिवेदन प्रदेश सभामा पेश गरिएको हो । संसदीय समितीले प्रदेशको राजधानी गोदावरी नगरपालिका ४ तेघरी र नाम सुदूरपश्चिम राख्न सुझाव दिएको छ ।