There is even more risk if the structures damaged by the disaster are not repaired and rebuilt for seven months
We use Google Cloud Translation Services. Google requires we provide the following disclaimer relating to use of this service:
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, expressed or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement.
Due to the lack of reconstruction and repair of roads, bridges and dams that were damaged in the last monsoon, the risk has increased. Landslide control work on the road, which has been flooded for seven months and has become dangerous, has not yet progressed. Due to lack of budget, the repair and reconstruction work of the structures damaged during the monsoon could not be carried out, according to the concerned office.
Due to the rains of last June and July, large landslides occurred in half a dozen places on the road from Gorkha Bazar to Namjung. Sahid Lakhan rural municipality and ward office have been requesting for landslide control time and again through infrastructure office. Sharan Shrestha, Ward President of Shahid Lakhan-7, said that there is an increased risk of traffic disruption due to landslides in the border area of Gorkha Municipality and Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality, Dhungadha even during normal rains. "If we work from the base, it will take one crore to control this landslide," he said. Due to rains in the last week of June, landslides occurred in Vankali, Makaipur Dadagaon, Makaipur Basante, Jalkanya Khala, Namjung Danda under the Dhungadhe-Bunkot-Namjung road section. Similarly, under the Gorkha Bazar-Dhungadhe road section, Dhungadhe Chowk, Gorkha Municipality-8 Barah, Kholkhole has increased the risk of landslides. Locals say that if landslides are not controlled immediately, the risk will increase in the upcoming rainy season. Head of Infrastructure Office Gorkha Ganesh Subedi said that about 20 million for landslide control has been sent to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management of Gandaki Province. He said that the landslide control work could not be carried out due to the lack of budget.
Bhimsen Thapa Rural Municipality-1 Golaiche Nivel Fant irrigation canal has been completely damaged due to last year's rains. The Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division Office has estimated the cost of repairing the canal with 40 meters of lining at two places at Rs 15 lakh. Due to lack of budget, the canal has not been repaired until seven months have passed. During the rainy season, two hectares of paddy crops were damaged by a dam in Sirdikhola, Gorkha Municipality-10 Chhewetar. Milan Poudel, head of the office, said that although it is estimated that the embankment will cost Rs 1 crore, the budget for the current financial year is only Rs 10 lakh. "Taltu will be long-term if it proceeds with a technical assessment rather than work, but due to lack of budget, the work has not been able to proceed," he said.
According to the Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division office, 57 canals, irrigation ditches and embankments were damaged in the last year's rains. It is estimated that 80.1 million will be needed for the repair and reconstruction of embankments and bridges and canals. "Since the damage was done after June, we could not include it in the program of the current financial year," said Paudel, "There is no budget for the repair and reconstruction of the plan that was damaged by the disaster."
On October 18, Paudel said that he submitted the details of the damage to the state and district disaster management committee. "We have also sent the details of the damage to the ministry of the province, it has been said that there is a lack of budget, we are trying," he said.
Not only in the plans that have been damaged by the disaster, but also in the plans under construction, there is a lack of budget. According to the office, there is a lack of budget in the 18 projects that are being worked on through the infrastructure office.
The head of the office Ganesh Subedi said that there is a lack of budget in the plan of 13 roads and 5 bridges that are being worked on.
In the current fiscal year, a budget of 16.4 million has been allocated for the upgrading of four kilometers of Muchoktar-Jhyalla Mandir Kusunde road in Ajirkot Rural Municipality. Subedi said that 50 percent of the road work, which was contracted for 7 crores, has been completed. "After the contractor has taken the amount of 1.64 million that came this year, work worth 1.5 to 2 million has been done, we have not been able to pay the rest of the work," he said.
Subedi said that for the new multi-year plan, a budget of 90 million is urgently needed. "We have asked for additional budget so that the work does not stop with two options, which are needed immediately and till the end of the current financial year," he said. He said that payment could not be given even in some completed schemes. According to Subedi, an additional budget of 280 million for the new multi-year plan and 580 million for the old multi-year plan has been requested from the Gandaki Province Physical Infrastructure Development and Transport Ministry in the current financial year. If the budget is received, some plans will be completed within the current financial year, the office said.
