With the construction of a temporary bridge, tourists traveling to Chho-Rolpa no longer have to cross the river with the help of ropes.
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Three temporary wooden bridges have been built on the Chho-Rolpa trekking route after the flood washed away the permanent bridge. Last year's flood washed away three bridges on the Rolwaling trekking route from Chho-Rolpa.
After the flood washed away the bridge, Gaurishankar Rural Municipality rebuilt the temporary wooden bridge, but the flood of Asoj damaged it again and swept it away.
Gaurishankar Rural Municipality Chairman Biswas Karki said that the rural municipality has rebuilt three bridges from Dongnang to Thangding along the Rolwaling trekking route in the flooded area for the convenience of tourists. According to him, the bridges currently built are also temporary. With the construction of the temporary bridges, tourists going to Chho-Rolpa no longer have to cross the river with the help of ropes.
‘We have immediately built three temporary bridges for the convenience of tourists going to Chho-Rolpa,’ he said, ‘But the problem cannot be solved without building a permanent suspension bridge, for this the federal and state governments should support.’
He said that the currently built wooden bridges can also be swept away if the river floods. He complained that although the Rolwaling area is the main tourist destination of Bagmati Province, there has been no initiative to build bridges and roads on the trekking route.
As the season is about to end, most hoteliers are starting to descend to escape the cold. Beding hotelier Dawa Tshering Sherpa said that there will be problems on the trekking route until the washed-out bridges and roads are permanently rebuilt.
‘The temporary bridges have made things a little easier,’ he said. ‘Every year, floods in the river wash away temporary bridges and roads, due to which we have been facing problems in transporting hikers and goods.’
He said that permanent structures should be built immediately in the 3 kilometers of trails and temporary bridges damaged by floods. This trekking route, which is a 5-7-day trek, is frequented by foreign and domestic tourists during the season. The Chho-Rolpa Himaltal and Dudhkund in the Rolwaling Valley, located in Gaurishankar Rural Municipality-9, have recently become increasingly popular trekking destinations for the younger generation.
