Even after 10 years since the government announced the displacement of Tuin, people in Karnali and Far West are still forced to cross the river through Tuin. In 2072, KP Sharma Oli announced for the first time when he was the Prime Minister that he would replace Tuin within two years. However, even for a decade, locals have been crossing from Tuin in more than a dozen places in Darchula, Jajarkot, Humla and Salyan.

28-year-old Narayan Singh Budhathoki of Beas Rural Municipality-2 Lower Dumling, who had gone to the district headquarters for household goods shopping, has gone missing in the Mahakali river after falling from Tuin on Tuesday afternoon. On the Indian side, he fell into Mahakali along with Tuin while swimming in the river when the pole that tied Tuin broke.

He is not the only one who falls from Tuin and disappears in Mahakali. Since there is no road to their own district headquarters and no bridge to go across the border, 23 people have fallen into the Mahakali in 32 years from Beas-2 only when they risked crossing the river in Tuin's Sahara .

Locals of the district headquarters Khalanga upper region have been coming and going to the headquarters via the Indian route by putting tuin in the Mahakali river for years. Although the use has decreased in recent years, one or two people go missing every year in Tuin accidents. Even now, the local people cross the Mahakali by tying a rope (woven or plastic) or an iron wire around the Mahakali at various places in Beas rural municipality-2 and 5.

Syaku and Naji in Beas-5 and 2/3 place in Beas-2 Dumling area and Kalju have been crossing Mahakali from Tuin . As it takes 2 to 3 hours to reach the suspension bridge, the local people near the settlement have kept tuins, said Dhiransingh Budhathoki, Ward President of Beas-2. Due to the lack of road access in all areas of the rural municipality, the local district headquarters here have been using the Indian road for shopping for consumables and medical treatment. Ward president Budhathoki says that by using Tuin to Mahakali from near the settlement, Tuin is used more to reach the headquarters of Khalanga or Bazar when the vehicle reaches the Nepal-India bridge. Until 5/7 years ago, until the suspension bridge connecting Nepal-India was built, from Badugaon to Budi in Beas, Tuin was put in more than a dozen places .

Now suspension bridges have been built in Badugaon, Tigram, Malghatte and Mal. There is a decades-old Kathe bridge in Sitapul, which connects the last Nepal-India border of Beas. Birsingh Dhami, Ward President of Beas-5, said that there is a need for bridges in Syaku, Dumling and Budi of Dhaulakot. It takes more than 3 hours to reach Tigram or Malghatte bridge from the Mahakali bank settlements of Syaku and Nazi. He said that he took risks in the valley of Mahakali as Tuin would reach the headquarters in 3 hours. According to Budhathoki, the ward president of Beas-2, even though he asked the locals not to use tuin, they did not obey. "In our area, every year for 4/5 years, one person has fallen from Tuin and disappeared in Mahakali," he said. No one believes .' 

23 people have gone missing and died in Mahakali since 2050 after falling from different tuins of Dumling area and Beas-2. Out of them, there are only 20 people from Dumling. Ward President Budhathoki said that after Jaisingh Dhami went missing after falling from Tuin in the year 2078, 23 people who went missing in Tuin accident in Dumling area, including locals, other wards and districts at different times.

Sita Budhathoki, Himshikha Budhathoki, Jaisingh Budhathoki, Barusingh Budhathoki, Vinita Budhathoki, Lakshmi Bhandari Budhathoki, Vimala Johari, Sundersingh Bhandari (Sindal), Sachin Budhathoki, Jaspal Lohar, Bhawansingh Kunwar, fell into the Mahakali river while traveling from Tuin in Nepal to Ghattebagad in India. Kisma Dhami, Devsingh Dhami, Indrasingh Dhami, Bhupendrasingh Dhami, Kushalsingh Budhathoki, Basanti Kami, Rohit Kami, Jaisingh Dhami and Narayan Budhathoki have gone missing.

Similarly, Bira Lothyal of Mahakali municipality, Kailash Lama of Humla, Mahiman Garbyal of Garbhadhar in India are also missing after falling from Tuin, according to the data of twenty-2 ward office. He said that since war has been taking place from Tuin in all parts of Beas for many years, there may be incidents of disappearances in Mahakali in other wards as well. Its data is not kept in other wards and police offices.

^{Darchula-Tinkar road}

According to the Information Officer of the District Police Office, Chhatra Bahadur Rawal, only incidents of falls from Tuin since 2078 are in the police data. In this way, missing persons are not found in Mahakali. According to locals, only one body out of 20 people has been found.

The Darchula-Tinkar road being constructed by the Nepali Army has been opened to Malgaon but the vehicles are not moving. Dumling is three hours walk from Malgaon. Locals say that the compulsion of Tuin will be removed only if the transport is operational up to Tinker . Vinod Singh Kunwar, Vice Chairman of Beas Rural Municipality, says that if the government builds a road sooner than the suspension bridge in Mahakali, it will be more convenient for the residents of this area.

^{Tuin of Darchula . File photo}

'For this road of strategic importance, the federal government has a budget allocation of 1 crore in the current fiscal year. How much work can be done with such a budget?,' he said, 'Even if the suspension bridge is initiated, it will take one or two years to build it. It would have been better to emphasize on the road.' 

The Chief District Officer of Darchula, Anil Paudel, says that despite being asked not to use illegal fishing lines in the international border river, the illegal fishing of fishing lines in the international border river is a matter related to the security sensitivities and lives of the two countries.

^{Tinker village}

"As Mahakali is an international border river, as the use of tuin will increase security as well, it is requested to use the bridge even if there is some difficulty in movement," he said. But it sounds like it's being run secretly.' 

To cross the river  

53-year-old Bhadra Bahadur Khadka of Chedagad Municipality-6 Suwanauli of Jajarkot has to cross Majkotkhola to go to Luwadah of Junechande Rural Municipality-4. Working in a rural cooperative organization, he is forced to cross the river every day as there is no bridge.

'There is no bridge near the village, there is always a risk of injury and falling when climbing Tuin,' he said, 'There is a lot of water in the river for twelve months, there is less risk than crossing the river, so there was no option to cross the Tuin every day.'

Roman Vick, a graduate student, does not want to go to Gyankunj campus for Dussehra. "I go through Tuin because if I cross a bridge from another village an hour away, I will go through Tuin," he said, "If there was a bridge, it would be safe, easy and short, but no one was interested in the construction of the bridge." 10 students including him are going to study at Tuin Tarerei campus. He informed that 2 people lost their lives three years ago by falling from Tuin and 4/5 people are injured every year. 

Locals of Junechande-4, Chedagad-4 and 6 built Tuin themselves eight years ago for convenience. But due to rust on Tuin's sticks and tight wires, the locals are forced to risk their lives. Hari Bahadur Khadka, Ward President of Junechande-4, said that 50 people cross daily from Tuin. According to him, a suspension bridge has been constructed at Birakhola and Lamatada in Majkotkhola. But he informed the locals that they have to walk for at least an hour to cross that bridge.

In Majkotkhola, there is another tuin connecting Junechandi-4 Luwadah and 11 Ward. Kamal Sharma, a teacher of Basic School Luwadah, said that sick people in Ward No. 11 also have to climb Tuin to get health care.

'There is also a big market over there, so you have to ride the tuin everyday for shopping,' he said, 'There is always a risk of falling because the tuin is dilapidated, sometimes you have to call people from the village when the tuin gets stuck in the middle.'

Likewise, 10 to 20 people commute daily in Tuin, which connects Syaltada to Simaltada located in Junechandi rural municipality-1. Bhupendra Prasad Jaisi, head of Infrastructure Development Office, Jajarkot, said that although he sent a request to the provincial government for the relocation of these three tuins, they are being ignored. 

Humla Sarkegad Rural Municipality of Humla on the Karnali River - 2 Ripgaon and the Karnali Corridor built by the Nepali Army two years ago to connect up to 30 local people cross daily. ``To cross the bridge, we have to reach Dulimundi, which is one and a half hours away,'' said local Maniraj Budha.

Another tunnel has been built in the Karnali River to connect Nepka and Lotigaon of Chankheli Rural Municipality-4 in Humla. Padma Bahadur Shahi, ward president of Chankheli-4, said that due to the lack of construction of the bridge, the locals were suffering and were forced to climb the Tuin.

According to the Karnali Province Police Office, 8 people have lost their lives and 23 people have been injured by falling from Tuin in the period of 5 years since the financial year 2076/77. According to the police data, no one has died after falling from Tuin in the past one year. But the office said that 7 people were injured by falling from Tuin in one year. DIG Madhav Shrestha said that the ropes of the ropes would break, the nuts and bolts tightened on the ropes would come loose and the locals would cause human casualties. 

There is no data on how many Tuins are in Karnali province. The state government has announced in the policy and program to make Karnali Tuin-free within the current financial year. For the implementation of which, the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development issued a public notice for subordinate agencies and local levels on May 26.

Spokesman of the Ministry Ramesh Subedi said that the notification has been issued so that details can be received from all districts within June 10. According to him, so far there have been demands for bridge construction in 52 places.

"We have asked to send the details of the places where there are bridges, but there have been many recommendations for bridges," he said. "To construct a suspension bridge, at least 30 lakh rupees is required," he said, "with the amount allocated now, the tuins can be displaced in 5 places."

Residents of Bangad Kupinde Municipality-2 Kunik in Salyan have been crossing the Bheri river through tube in winter and tuin in dry season due to lack of bridge. After the demand of Jholunge Bridge was not fulfilled, the locals built Tuin two years ago to cross the river at their own expense . Tuin has been put in because it is not possible to swim through the tube in winter.

Local 10 families have to go to Chheda Bazar in Jajarkot for shopping. Locals said that 8/10 students of this village are living in Dera by renting a room towards Jajarkot after trying to cross the river every day. After daily problems started in the neighborhood, two/three local families have settled temporarily towards Paripatti Jajarkot.

Local Gopilal Acharya said that Tuin is not used during essential work, shopping and farming season. According to him, after the death of the person who runs Tuin last year, it could not be operational for almost a year. Now the local people have been crossing from Tuin by pulling the rope themselves . After the installation of Tuin, it has become easier for the locals to transport and move their daily necessities. When the suspension bridge near

was washed away in the snow two years ago, it was difficult to cross. Locals say that when it started to be a problem to take the patients to the hospital in the tube, they collected 10 to 15 thousand rupees from each house and bought the sticks of the suspension bridge and made a tuin. They have put a 125 meter long tuin in Bheri .

Dilli Gharti, a local, said that it is not possible to cross through the tube when the surface of the river is high during the drought and despite the risk, the local Dilli Gharti has been using it. He informed that although the government has said to replace Tuin, they have not shown any interest so far, so they had to use it as an alternative.