The parliamentarians have drawn the government's attention to the long-term improvement of road infrastructure, saying that road closures during festivals will increase the cost of living.
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Concerned bodies have emphasized that flood-damaged, damaged and destroyed roads should be made easy before the festival. He drew the government's attention to the fact that passengers should reach their homes and villages without any difficulty and create an atmosphere to celebrate the festival.
On Sunday, in the Infrastructure Development Committee of the House of Representatives, in the discussion on road transport and infrastructure conditions on the eve of the festival, the parliamentarians demanded that road infrastructure should be built not only during the annual festival, but for the whole twelve months. There was also a discussion about speedy opening of the road connecting the Kodari section of Arnico Highway and the Rasuwagadhi crossing due to the rains.
During the discussion, MP Madhav Sapkota said that both the northern crossings (the road connecting Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani) at the mouth of Chadwad are closed and should be opened as soon as possible. "Fruits, clothes, and daily consumables are imported through this border," he said, "again, these borders are closed during the festive season, so the market becomes expensive as goods cannot come in." He said that even the houses were hit by landslides. Another MP, Mahesh Basnet, said that the Kodavari section and Syafrubensi-Rasuwagadhi road were blocked, adding to the problem of Chadwad.
He emphasized that these roads should be built before the festival. He suggested that most of the MPs should pay attention to the road safety during the festive season. MP Sita Gurung said that the flood-damaged roads should be repaired quickly. She said, "There should be regular and effective monitoring of the roads that have been constructed after the rain damage, so that passengers do not suffer during the festival."
Even though online tickets will be opened during the festival, she suggests that the attention of the relevant agencies should be taken into account. Parliamentarian Prakash Jwala said that the international road not only connects the capital, but also because it is the backbone of the country. "The Kodavari section of Safruvesi to Rasuwagadhi crossing and Arani highway should be completed by the time of festival," he said, "otherwise the goods arriving at the market through other crossings will become expensive, the ministry should work on the road connecting these two crossings with special priority." Another government MP, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, said that there should not be an atmosphere of quarrels when arranging online tickets in Chadwad. Again, middlemen used to dominate big jobs. It is surprising that middlemen dominate even tickets to go home on Dasain. "It is important to discourage such activities." In the current situation, rather than where and how much the contract is awarded, another government MP, Shakti Bahadur Basnet, said that it should be taken into account that the roads are not smooth during the festival. "Now, wherever there is a problem on the road, alternative solutions should be found," he said.
MP Nisha Dangi said that in the construction of road infrastructure, attention should be paid to solving long-term problems rather than short-term ones. "Government's focus should be on building climate adaptation infrastructure," she said. Another MP, Sushila Shrestha, said that traffic police should be mobilized to deal with vehicles carrying more than their capacity during the festival.
Parliamentarian Dayal Bahadur Shahi said that not only when Dasain Tihar comes, but also for twelve months, the roads should be made easy for travelers to reach their homes. Keshav Kumar Sharma, Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, said that work is underway to clear the Syafruvesi-Rasuwagadhi road within a week. He said that preparations have been made on how to open the Kodari section of the Araniko highway and work is being done accordingly. "The work is being done to facilitate the road in view of Chadwad," he said. "Not only the road, online ticket sales should be made easy during the festival," he said, "drivers, counters should not charge more fares from passengers, action should be taken in places where they are found to be charging more fares after checking." "China is building the bridge connecting Rasuwagadhi, we are building the road," he said. "When China builds the bridge, the road will also be operational."
The Kodari section under the Araniko Highway has become blocked due to a landslide on July 17. Porters are taking risks and bringing goods from Tatopani crossing. The Syafrubansi-Rasuwagadhi road section is deserted at this time. On June 24, the floods in the Lhende River swept away the bridge connecting the border, and the ready goods could not arrive, so now the Rasuwagadhi customs border has also come to a standstill.
In more than half a dozen places in the Syafrubansi-Rasuwagadhi section, the roads are closed due to the flooding of Bhotekosi. 13 days after the flood damaged the road, one-way operation was started from July 4. Again, after 11 days, the road was washed away by the flood that occurred for the second time on July 14. Traffic was stopped. It is 16 km from Syafrubansi to Rasuwagadhi.
