Story of Karnali-China road:Started 20 years ago, only 15% progress

Due to lack of budget, the road connecting Karnali-China is incomplete

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Story of Karnali-China road:Started 20 years ago, only 15% progress

56-year-old Sanduk Tamang from Dolpobuddha Rural Municipality-3 in Dolpa takes three days to reach the headquarters. Marimla border crossing of China can be reached in one day. But due to the non-opening of the Chinese border and the inconvenience of the roads, he said, he had to travel to and from the headquarters with difficulty for daily necessities and food.

"We have to risk our lives on the narrow road to reach the headquarters, there is no option to carry goods in Khachhad," he said He said . That product is not enough to eat for three months . Tamang said that they have to rely on outside food for about nine months.

Tasi Lama of Mugugaon, Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality-1, also feels that daily life will be easier if the road is connected to the Chinese border. "The road will be connected to China immediately, even if the road reaches the village, it would be much easier," he said, "before you die, it is a big dream to go to Tibet." is . Under the corridor, Dolpa has a plan to connect Marimla via Dunai-Lasicap-Sisoul-Dho-Tinje . But due to lack of budget, the work has been stalled for a long time . Residents of Dolpobuddha, Charkatangsod, Sefoksundo and Mugumkarmarong Rural Municipality of Dolpa have been forced to suffer for years because the road is not built.

Paljor Tamang of Charkatangsong-1 said that due to the delay in the construction of the road, he had to go to the headquarters on foot to get food and other goods. "We should allocate at least four days to go to Sadarmukam and bring rice," he said This year, 1 billion 4 million rupees have been allocated, after the budget cut, only 56 million has been authorized. The Bheri Corridor Project Office has said that the amount will be upgraded from Tallu to Tripurakot. "When the track is opened, the budget is coming even if it is a little bit," said Sunil Ranjitkar, senior divisional engineer of the corridor, "There has been no budget for opening the new track for three years." A dry port is needed in Tinje, a mountain town will be built in Dho Tarap after the road has reached . which will help in tourism promotion and other infrastructural development here.

- Karma Choibel Gurung, Chairman: Dolpo Buddh Rural Municipality, Dolpa

Corridor on the 25 km Surya-Shreya-Shantidevi road from Dolpa headquarters Dunai to Kaike Rural Municipality. The JV has been operating for three years . The construction company signed the contract on Chait 17, 2078 at a cost of 130 million. Although the contractor company has been given time till December 16, 2082, only 15% of the work has been done so far.

'More than 4 km track has been opened, now there is only one year left to expire,' said Ranjitkar, 'so we have asked the company for an explanation this week, if the work is not started within a week, necessary action will be taken against the contractor company.' He informed that the division office was opened through Chaurzahari and since then there was no budget to open a new track. On top of that, the 35 km road from Lasikap to Sisaul has not yet opened a track . Ranjitkar said preparations are being made to hand over the area to the Nepali Army as there are hard rocks and rocks in that section. The cabinet meeting is yet to decide on handing over the army. The army has also done preliminary site studies for road construction .

'The file submitted by the army on the basis of the preliminary study has gone to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, now the army will start work after the decision of the Cabinet,' he said, 'since the detailed environmental impact assessment has also been completed, the construction will begin in earnest.' - On the 40 km road through Tinje-Dho to Sisaul, the Very Corridor has already opened a track .

China's Marimla is connected by the border of Dolpobuddha, and Tibet's Cato is connected to Saldang in Sefoksundo Rural Municipality. A market is held once a year in August for 15 days in both these places. At the same time, the locals of Upper Dolpa buy food and daily consumables that will last the whole year and sell herbs including yarsa .

President of Dolpobuddha Karma Choibel Gurung said that if the road is connected to Marimla and Kato naka, it will become the lifeline of Karnali. "A dry port is necessary in Tinje, it will become a Himalayan city when the road reaches Dho Tarap," he said, "which will help in the promotion of tourism and other infrastructure development here." ; Dipendra Kumar Chaudhary, Acting Chief Engineer, Road Division Office, Jumla, said that although 40 crores have been allocated for the upgradation of the Nagma-Gamgarhi road this year, no budget has been made to open a new track towards Nagchenagla. According to him, this is the shortest road connecting Karnali to China. So far, only 16 km (to Chail of Mugamkarmarong rural municipality) has been opened on this road, which is 68 km from Gamgarhi.

Road construction was started from February 2062 . Chairman of Mugamkarmarong Rural Municipality Chhiring Kapne Lama said that since 1915, trade relations between the tribal tribes of border Mugugaon and Tibetans have been established, but the commercial relations have not become valid due to lack of roads. "You can go to Lhasa in Tibet in 2/3 hours from Hajimar," he said. Dhanargolbu Lama of Kimri said that even to ride a local motorcycle in Reus and Puwagaon, you have to walk for at least two days. 'When will the road reach the village and our suffering will end ?,' he said, 'because it is a cold place, only one crop grows in the entire municipality, that grain is not enough to eat even for three months, we are forced to suffer from food shortages every year, we could eat at least a full stomach after reaching the road  ;.' Story of Karnali-China road:Started 20 years ago, only 15% progress

According to him, a sack of rice carried by horse and chaunri has to be bought for 6,000 rupees. Whereas, a sack of rice of the same 30 kg can be found for 2 thousand 200 to 2 thousand 500 rupees in Dunai. He says that horse-drawn carts transport goods to villages for 100 rupees per kg. Lama said that although there is a food depot in the village, rice has not arrived since last June. He says that the agricultural products of the village like potatoes, apples, lice are wasted due to lack of roads.

According to Engineer Chaudhary, the estimated cost of Rs 80 crore has been spent on the road so far. 'There is no budget for the road, even if it is very low,' he said, 'even with a small budget, the contractor submits a tender, how can there be quality work?' There is also .

Story of Karnali-China road:Started 20 years ago, only 15% progress

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