The Pancheswor multipurpose project and the Mahakali Development Treaty seem to be on the verge of creating major problems for the people of Dadeldhura district. This is because the Indian side seems bent upon building a dam at Purnagiri. According to the people who have begun agitating against the project, almost 13,000 hectares of land are going to be submerged and 55,000 people and 50,000 domesticated animals are going to be affected in a major way. It was only after the group of surveyors from the office of the Survey of India started surveying the area that the local people came to know about the project. The committee formed to act against the construction of this dam has released a statement that says, ?We have seen that India has already built the Laxmanpur dam and the misery it has caused to the people of Nepal. India does not follow international rules and regulations and many villages along the banks of the Rapti are already affected. Nepali leaders just cannot speak to their Indian counterparts and since India cannot complete the Pancheswor project they are going ahead with this project.? The committee has also stated that all understandings and agreements between the two countries should be made public and that both governments should scrap this project.