There is also a problem of taking patients to the hospital during the rainy season due to the lack of a bridge over the Lothar River.
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Saroj Chepang was going home on a motorcycle on Friday via Chepang Marg at Bhandara in Chitwan from Hetaunda. To reach the house in Raksirang rural municipality-6 Kharkhande, you have to cross Lothar river. He could not take the motorcycle because the river was flooded. The young men sitting on the bank carried the motorcycle across.
However, Saroj had to pay them two thousand rupees for rent. Dinesh Chepang, who owns a house in Raksirang-6 ceiling, also paid 2000 for the motorcycle.
After the rainy season, the work of 8/10 youths in the area is to drive motorcycles around. They say that they had to take the transportation fare because they had to work risking their lives .
'When the river is low, they cross the river with a motorcycle,' said Singh Bahadur Chepang of Raksirang-6 Silinge, 'the youths who ride the river charge up to 2000 rupees.' But there is no concrete bridge here. Residents of Raksirang 6, 7, 8 and 9 wards cross this river. There is no option without crossing the river for transportation of construction materials or food. Vehicles should also be used to carry the agricultural products produced in the village . But after the rainy season, the vehicles cannot cross the Lothar River.
Vehicles pass through Chitwan's Bhandara to Silinge, Damrang, Kharkhande Siladhuni and other settlements, but due to Lothar river, the vehicles are stopped after the rainy season . Due to the lack of bridges, large vehicles have been stopped here for two months.
Since a suspension bridge was built in that area three years ago, the students of Kharkhande area do not have that much problem in the vicinity of school . Students from Thakaltar located in Rapti-11 of Chitwan come to Kharkhande and Silinge to study.
Former Ward President of Raksirang Rural Municipality Sinha Bahadur Chepang said that since there is no concrete bridge in Lothar, it is a problem to take patients to the hospital in an ambulance for treatment during the rainy season.
Chairman Rajkumar Malla said that although the rural municipality has been demanding from the state and the federal government for the construction of a concrete bridge, there has been no hearing. "We don't have the budget to build such a big concrete bridge," he said. He says that since the provincial MP Indra Bahadur Baniyan is the Chief Minister of Bagmati, there is hope for the construction of the bridge.
The municipality made a DPR two years ago for the construction of the bridge and requested the provincial government and the federal government for the budget. But the two governments have not allocated the budget, Banastam Thing, the vice president of the rural municipality, said . He said that due to the lack of bridges, after the rainy season, all development works are stopped.
Lalumaya Chepang, the principal of Mavi in Silinge, also said that the residents have been facing problems for a long time due to the lack of a bridge in Lothar.
