57-year-old Saroj Das of Badharwa, located in Durgabhagavati rural municipality-5, goes to work in the fields across Bagmati by boat every day. Due to the floods in the river during the monsoon, the boat trip is also risky, but he had to cross the Bagmati not out of desire, but out of necessity. He has 7 fields across the river.

Had the Badharwa bridge connecting Sarlahi-Rautahat been built on time, many people would have had to board boats during the rainy season like slaves. In Drader he rides on a boat . The main reason for his fear is: there have been three boat accidents in this area . It has been 15 years of taking risks and sailing the boat. "We have been saying that the bridge should be built soon, it is difficult to board the boat in the snow," he said, "so far there has been no hearing." As the bridge is not built, we are forced to depend on the boat.'

The then Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal laid the foundation stone of the bridge in the year 2067 on the Bagmati river east of Badharwa village. Locals were happy after the bridge was built. Shambhu Singh, Chairman of Durgabhagavati Rural Municipality, said that the villagers celebrated happily that the ferry journey has now come to an end. "Riding a ferry is a risk in itself," he said, "They are forced to board a ferry in the winter and in the winter, who will listen to the pain of the people?" The people of Badharwa village have difficulties in their neighborhood. Seharwa village of Rajdevi Municipality is also separated by Bagmati. People of both the villages have to resort to boats to cross.

The flood in 2050 destroyed the houses and farms of most of Badharwa. After the river started flowing from the east, now many people's lands have been separated. 400 houses of ward number 5 of Durgabhagavati are across the river. Bagmati River is flowing in the middle. Many houses/farms should be crossed. Their residence is also in Badharwa. Some have also built houses in Wari Badharwa . Subhash Sah, a resident of Badharwa, said that he had to take a boat to come for municipal work. "Our pain is too much, it is not easy to tell," he said, "Bagmati has taken up residence, on one side there is a house, on the other side there is a farm". There is no other option to cross the river. In winter, the temporary bamboo bridge becomes a support for crossing the river. But when it rains, the same bridge is also washed away .

Most people are afraid to board a boat on the Bagmati Ghat. On August 6, 2071, 3 people went missing in a boat accident in the Bagmati river located in Pripa Rajwada-7. The bodies of two people were found 1 km south of the accident site. Among the missing, the bodies of 25-year-old Sukhni Devi Sahni and 35-year-old Dukhni Pandit were found on the river bank towards Sarlahi. The condition of missing Mahadev Das in the accident is still unknown. A ferry coming from Bairia in Sarlahi to Rajwada in Rautahat overturned in the Bagmati River. The boat accident happened to the local riders who went across the river to get grass and cultivate. According to the police, there were about fifty people on board the boat and the accident happened due to uncontrollability after falling into the valley of the river.

To cross the Bagmati River, you have to cross a distance of about 4 meters in a boat. In winter, the water level in Bagmati falls, but it is deep and cannot be crossed on foot. Even if people cross by making a temporary bridge of bamboo, they have to rely on boats to cross some distance. Those who go to Sarlahi for special purpose also put motorcycles and bicycles on the boat and swim.

Ajay Sahni, who got the contract for the boat, said that people are being transported for free. They say that they happily give 20 to 30 rupees for riding a motorcycle. Locals say that the problem occurs most during the rainy season. After the pressure of the locals of Badharwa, a bridge is going to be built there. The condition of the bridge, which was laid in 2067, is still the same. The work was stopped for 15 years after the river changed its course during construction. Now the work has been started with a new contract, according to the Directorate of Postal Highways .

If the bridge had been built, it would have been easier for the people of Rautahat and Sarlahi to move around. Now the people of both districts cross by boat. Locals from Wari Basatpur, Badharwa, Rajdevi etc. take a boat and go to work in the fields. Locals also resort to boats to bring in crops.

Bagmati bridge is going to be built as part of an ambitious project to connect the district headquarters of Terai. It has been a decade since the ferry started running at Tikuliaghat located in Gaur Municipality-4. The then Prime Minister Sushil Koirala laid the foundation stone of the bridge in the year 2071 at the request of the locals when the residents of Pari Ishanath started to feel uncomfortable coming to the headquarters. So far, the bridge has not been built and is stuck. After the bridge was not built at the time of

, the residents of Wari Tikulia and Pari Ishanath have to rely on boats. They are afraid to board the boat during the rains . Even if they make a diversion by using a hump pipe in winter, when the rains start, they are forced to get washed away and take the boat again. Now they have started to cross the war again by boarding the local boat . This is the same ghat, where 5 people lost their lives in a boat accident on August 9, 2074. The boat carrying people who came to cut grass, work in the fields and celebrate the festival had an accident. Because the bridge was not built, the locals had to bear human losses.  If the bridge was built, it would have been convenient for the locals of Lalbakaiyapari Banjarha, Auraiya, Mathia, Jokha, Bairia, Akolwa, Rampur Khap and dozens of villages. Now it is mandatory to travel by dangerous boat.

Bharat Raut of Tikulia told that the boat accident happened because of the bridge. "If the bridge had been built at the time, people would not have boarded the ferry, even today the bridge is just a dream," he says, "relying on the ferry every year is very dangerous in the drought, there is no other option." 7 years ago, Bharat lost his wife Indu Devi in a boat accident. Even after so many years of the big accident that killed 5 people, this bridge has not been built yet .

People now cross Tikuliaghat with the help of ferries during monsoons and diversions in winters . Harinarayan Rauniyar, the then owner of Pappu Construction in Tikuliaghat, signed an agreement on June 29, 2071 to complete the bridge construction work on January 29, 2074. After the contractor left the work during the construction period, the bridge came to a halt .

Ferries have been plying at Bagmati's Badharwa, Brahmpuri, Gadaiyaghat and Lalbakaiya's Tikuliaghat for more than a decade. Due to the pressure of the local people, the government has contracted to build a bridge at Badharwa in Bagmati and Tikuliaghat in Lalbakaia after the boat trip became dangerous and capsized frequently. Mayor of Gaur Municipality Shambhu Sah said that when the boats plying on the ghat are old and small, the risk of accidents is high. "We have not allowed old small boats to ply in Tikuliaghat," he said, "We have told the boat drivers not to put new and more people than the capacity". Anyone coming from Dhalkebar to East Saptari and Sirha via Hulaki Highway from the East will have to take a ferry to cross the Kamala River. Along with people, two-wheelers, motorcycles and bicycles have also been crossing the ferry. Local Kiran Yadav said that even though it is very risky to cross the river in a boat with a motorcycle when the water flow in the river is high, there is no other option. "There is no life jacket or any safety option while riding a boat," he said, "Taking a boat means trusting in God." The drivers say that the boat accidents happen due to uncontrolled water flow . During the rainy season, there is a large flow in the middle part of the Kamala river . There are big wrecks around it . Locals said that if a boat falls in that area, there is a danger of capsizing and drowning. People who travel by foot, motorcycle, bicycle are crossing by boat after paying money . The distance from Saptari Rajviraj to Janakpur by Hulaki Highway is about 120 km. It can be reached in two hours by two-wheeler.

There are now two boats operating in Chiknaghat to ferry passengers across the Kamala river on Hulaki Highway. Boat operators claim that they are providing service rather than making money . Many of Siraha have land in Kamalapari Dhanusha . They have no choice but to take a boat to go to farm, graze cattle . During the dry season, when little water was flowing, the locals built a chachari (reed bridge). They used to charge 50 rupees to board a motorcycle from the bridge. Now, as the flood has washed away the river, we have to take a boat. The construction of a bridge has been going on for 13 years in Kamala river . After the bridge being built in the river was washed away, the construction work is becoming complicated.

Locals told that the boat that had an accident in Tikulia was also old. A boat has a capacity of 25 to 35 people. Boat driver Shankar Sahni said that if 5/5 motorcycles are kept, people will be less crowded. "Sometimes after evening, people try to board by force, even if they don't get on the boat, they board by coach," he said.