Both wards in the remote area were cut off from road connectivity for about four months a year due to the lack of a motorable bridge.
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With the construction of the motorable bridge, traffic will now be operational in Bigu Rural Municipality-6 and 7 for twelve months. Due to the lack of a motorable bridge, nearly 2,500 families in Alampu and Bigu were left without a road network every year.
With the construction of a concrete bridge connecting the remote Alampu and Bigu, these wards are now connected to the road network for twelve months. When the bridge was not built, people were forced to travel to Singati and the district headquarters by taking risks by wading in the river.
Hari Ojha, head of the Infrastructure Development Office of Bagmati Province, Charikot, said that the construction of a bridge over the Bigu River in Bigu-6 was completed at a cost of Rs 60 million. With the construction of the bridge, the remote Alampu in the northern region is now connected to the road network throughout the year, he said. Similarly, the bridge connecting Bigu-7, Gagtale-Bigu River, was completed at a cost of Rs 65.5 million. He said that since both bridges were completed on time, the construction company is preparing to hand over the bridge in a few days.
Both the remote wards were cut off from road connectivity for about four months a year due to the lack of a motorable bridge. Alampu is also the main village inhabited by the minority Thami community. Locals, who were forced to wade across the Barkhe Bhel of the Bigu River to seek health services due to the lack of a motorable bridge, said they have now been relieved of that.
