BARDIYA: Various stakeholders underscored the need of preserving Badghar system – longhouses with big families of many generations – which has been in practice among Tharu community since 5,000 years back. They said so at an interaction programme organised by the Kamaiya Mahila Jagaran Samaj in Guleriya of Bardiya district on Wednesday on 'Role, Potential and Challenges of the Tharu Community Organisations in the local Sustainable Development'. They came up with a voice to give a priority to the identity of Tharu Badghar while restructuring the state, said District Badghar Federation Chairperson Ram Shahi Chaudhary. Samaj Chairperson Krishni Tharu said the interaction was organised to bring together various stakeholders to discuss the indigenous practices of Tharu community in serving the sustainable development agenda.