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Hariprasad Tilija of Dhawalagiri rural municipality-4 in Myagdi had to walk for a whole day to reach Darwang, the center of nearby Bazar Malika rural municipality.
"For shopping, you had to walk all day to reach Darwang, Mudi's ward and Muna's rural municipality office," he said, who is also a member of the ward. They started reaching Darwang, Mudi and Muna within an hour. Last week, the road reached Bagar, the last human settlement on the footpath to Dhaulagiri base camp.
Prem Prasad Pun, Chairman of Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality, said that the access road of the under-construction hydropower project and the road built through the social responsibility program have brought convenience to the local residents.
The 65 MW Myagdikhola, 37 MW Upper Myagdi and 53.5 MW Upper Myagdi-1 hydropower projects under construction in Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality-4 have built a 15 km access road from Malika Rural Municipality-7 from Shivratrikhola to Bagar.
"With the hydropower project, transportation facilities have been brought to the poor villages," he said, "It would have taken years to build a road with a limited government budget. With the introduction of hydropower projects, the expansion of access to road transport has been accelerated.
Hydro Empire Pvt. Ltd. The 37 MW Upper Myagdi hydropower project, which is the developer, completed the construction of a five kilometer road connecting Nowra to Chechung last month by deploying dozers for about two months as per the demand of the locals under the social responsibility program in the affected area. There are 19 households in Chechuwa.
The project has installed a 36-meter long bailey bridge over the Myagdi River at Fedi Nowra in Chechung. In partnership with the 65 MW Magdikhola hydropower project developed by Hydro Village, a 36-meter long belay bridge has been installed over the Myagdi river in Nowra, with the sole investment of Upper Myagdi, another belay bridge has been prepared at the dam construction site in Simkos Dobhan.
Earlier last year, about three kilometers of road connecting Lamochohara Kenki to Khiwang of Dhavalagiri Rural Municipality-4 was constructed with the cost sharing of three hydropower projects under construction in Myagdi River. There are 180 households in Khiwang.
After the hume pipe was placed in Myagdi and Gurzakhola at the upper Myagdi-1 hydropower project dam construction site, the residents of Khiwang, Nowra, Chechung, Bagar, Khamla, Khara, Basbot, Chhahri said that they have to use winding roads or walk for two hours to reach Mudi's ward and rural municipality office in winter.
Jeeps, tractors, motorcycles have started running on the road. In Myagdi, Gurja, Darkhola, which flows through Dhawalagiri rural municipality, three hydropower projects have started construction and five are under construction.
Gandaki provincial assembly member and former minister elected from Myagdi 1(b) reached Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality-4 on Sunday and said that he will coordinate with hydropower projects to ensure regular and safe traffic on the constructed roads.
He instructed the promoters of the hydroelectric project to solve the problem of road dust. He said that the construction of a 25-meter long motorable bridge has started on the Shivratri River of Malika Rural Municipality-7 under the road connecting Darwang-Bim-Takam-Muna-Dhorpatan and Dhavalagiri Rural Municipality-4 with the investment of the Gandaki Provincial Government.
