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Armala is a town and sub-metropolitan city in the Kaski District of the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. In the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,921 people living in 1,012 households.[1]
Armala Smart City lies in the northern part of the Kaski District of Gandaki Zone of Nepal. The Smart City borders Sildure to the north, Gharmi Pokhara from north-south, Mauja to the east, Puranchaur Smart City to the west, and Pokhara Metropolitan City and Valam to the south.
The area is divided into nine administrative wards covering 36.01 km2. Easy access is provided by a gravel road that connects with the Mahendra Cave Armala Road.
While there is no confirmed origin for Armala's name, there are a couple of popular theories:
The name comes from a fruit named "Amala" which once grew abundantly in the region. Later, the name turned into "Armala."
Farmers whose livestock consumed crops paid a fine known as "Armal." As the system of paying Armal became more commonplace, people began to refer to the region as "Armal" which later became "Armala."
Armala is surrounded by thick forests, as well as a diverse bio structure of flora and fauna. Some local plants include: Chanp, Katus, Uttis, Kalche, Laligurans (Rhododendron), Chandan, Kafal, Falat, Lalupate, Paiyeu, Simal etc.
Different animals like tigers, bears, leopards, nyale bag, harin, goral, foxes, jackals, rabbits, deer, and wild cats.
Different birds like danfe, munal, eagles, vultures, sparrows, dangers, cranes, ureli, dhikur, ban kukhura, kalij, crows, maluwa, litchi, titro, parrots, raja chara, rani chara etc. are found here.
Kalamuda, located within Armala, provides the drinking water for the Pokhara Metropolitan City and surrounding areas. In between November 2013 to 2017, more than 200 sinkholes were formed in the Armala area of Pokhara. The sinkholes were formed mostly in the paddy fields in the alluvial fan deposit. The sinkholes terrorised and displaced hundreds of local residents.[More than 150 sinkholes appeared between 2013 and 2014 in the same area. This time the sinkholes affected the agricultural farmland, collapse of cowsheds in a house of a local resident. The hole near the house was filled up by the owner.
Most of the sink holes were located on the western side of river. Some of the new sinkholes were the old sinkholes. A series of progressive sinkholes along a straight line were also identified
n 2013, about 30 sink holes were formed in both sides of Duhuni Khola. The holes had a diameter of about 10m and depth of about 7m. Locals reported flow of muddy silty water outlet at the Kali Khola about one week before the first sinkhole appeared in November 2013. The sinkholes were completely filled up later.The sinkhole is composed of silty clay, sand, and gravel. The area has a layer of thick white silt in depth of 4 m to 20 m. A hidden cavity of 2.5 m wide was found at a depth of 7.5 m to 10 m.
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The scrap from nearby Kali Khola identified 0.05 m thick sand seam layer between the silty clay layers at a depth of 9 m from the ground surface, which was similar to the level of sinkhole cavity. At the outcrop of Kali khola, groundwater flowing out from the interface of sand and silty clay layers were observed. An internal erosion was found at both the side of a sand layer. The internal erosion was not taking place at that location if there was only the presence of silty clay in the subsurface of Armala. The seepage groundwater from the hillside to the mainstream was the main source of erosion.
The groundwater flow is believed to trigger the formation of sinkholes. The Armala area is speculated to be actively eroding since hundreds of years which has caused gradual dissolving of small parts of soluble soil. This created caverns.[5]
The geo-physical survey found that excessive use of natural resources and encroachment of water resources as the major cause of the caving
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