Pedestrians, motorcycles, and cars have started moving easily across the bridge since Tuesday.
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Locals have built a wooden bridge over the Lothar River, which has to be crossed by motorbike during the rainy season due to the lack of a concrete bridge. The construction of the wooden bridge was made possible after the collective efforts of the Kharkhande Magini Tole Development Organization, Silinge Community Forest, and local youth.
Even in the winter months, autos, motorcycles and pedestrians have to take risks in the river, so it took a week to build a wooden bridge, said local Ravan Chepang. Pedestrians, motorcycles and autos have started moving easily through the wooden bridge from Tuesday.
Students from the lower reaches of Kharkhande and Silinge in Thalakatar Secondary School in Rapti Municipality-11 were forced to cross the Lothar River to study even in winter. After the wooden bridge was built, it has become easier to travel to and from the school. During the rainy season, they had to travel through a suspension bridge built far from the settlement and school, but now after the wooden bridge was built across the river, it has become easier for students as well, said Krishna Bahadur Moktan, chairman of the Silinge Community Forest Users Committee.
During the rainy season, they used to charge Rs 2,000 for transporting a motorcycle. "Without a concrete bridge built across the Lothar River, it is difficult to even bring an ambulance to take patients for treatment," said Singh Bahadur Chepang, former ward chairman of Raksirang Rural Municipality.
Residents of wards 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Raksirang Rural Municipality commute by crossing this river. Agricultural products produced in the village also have to be brought by vehicles across this river. But with the onset of the rainy season, vehicles cannot operate due to the Lothar River.
Raksirang Rural Municipality has been demanding the construction of a concrete bridge in the area from the state and federal governments, but no response has been received, said Rajkumar Malla, the municipality chairman.
