The government has decided to deploy tourist police for the security of domestic and foreign tourists visiting the Rara area.

The Department of Tourism and Chhayanath Rara Municipality have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deploy tourist police in Rara for the safety of tourists visiting Nepal's largest and deepest lake, Rara.

Director of the Department of Tourism Liladhar Awasthi and Chief Administrative Officer of the municipality Pashupati Shahi signed the MoU on Friday.

As per the MoU, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, The Department of Tourism will manage the human resources, the number of positions and police posts of tourist police and will deploy the tourist police in collaboration and coordination with the municipality.

Similarly, Chhayanath Rara Municipality shall manage necessary infrastructure including houses, drinking water and electricity, and create a suitable environment for the tourist police in Rara.

Besides the lake, there are religious places, mountains and caves in the Rara area. Tourists, who come here to see around these places in the middle of the forest, are afraid to visit alone. It is believed that after the mobilization of tourist police in the area, tourists will feel safe and visit these tourist places independently and the stay of tourists in Rara will also be extended.

Shahi, the acting chief administrative officer of the municipality, said, "The economic condition of the local people will also improve as soon as the stay of tourists is extended.”

Mayor Bishnu Kumar Bham said that they are working to deploy tourist police in Rara soon by selecting the place to accommodate the tourist police, arranging barracks, drinking water, electricity and other necessary infrastructures.