Will Rasuwagadhi pass open before Dasain?

The bridge will not be built before 10th, as a 50 meter long belay bridge has to be built by placing pillars on the Lhende river.

Bhadra 20, 2082

Bimal Khatiwoda

Will Rasuwagadhi pass open before Dasain?

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Rasuwagadhi crossing is now closed as the bridge connecting the crossing was swept away by the flood in Lhende river last June 24. When will the border be operational? The concerned authorities are still ignorant about this. Belibridge should be built on the Lhende River before the crossing can be put into operation. Although China has started the construction of Beili Bridge, the work is not finished yet.

Similarly, due to the floods in Bhotekosi on June 24 and July 14, the Syafruvesi-Rasuwagadhi road has not yet been fully operational. 

Khadgalal Shrestha, head of the Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Safrubensi-Rasuwagadhi road planning office, said that the road from Syafruvesi to Timure was put into operation a week ago. "Even though the road was built earlier, there was a problem with the river digging," he said, "Now this is not a problem, the section connecting Timure to Rasuwagadhi is also being put into operation soon." As it is a hard rock, the project said that efforts are being made to dig it out. 

where the work is going on now. "There is a problem due to the flood washed away the road at Apple Parking and Park Checkpost, we will open a new track in that place within a week and bring the road into operation."

Now that the road has been opened, vehicles are operating from Syafruwesi to Timure. He said, "There is no major problem. Machines are kept ready to operate the road if there are any problems." He says that there is no problem like before because the erosion from the river is less.  

Keshav Kumar Sharma, secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, said that although the road connecting Syafruvesi to Rasuwagadhi was put into operation before Dasain, the bridge connecting the border crossing will not be built. "Earlier, there was talk of building a 50-meter bridge over the Lhende river, there was no question of placing a pillar in the middle," he said.

'How many meters are to be built has not been decided yet, our estimate is that it may be 80 to 100 meters long,' he said, 'because the belay bridge can be built in December, it will be difficult to bring the preparations from China.' "If the bridge is not built before Dasin, goods will not come through the crossing," he said, "Our estimate is that it will be completed by Tihar." More than a hundred containers pass through this crossing every day. Now the Rasuwagadhi crossing is blocked. The port, which is crowded with containers and businessmen during the festival, is now deserted.     

Tulsi Prasad Bhattarai, Chief Customs Officer of Rasuwa Customs Office, said that since it will take time to build the bridge over the Lhende River, it is likely that the border crossing will be closed until Tihar. ``During Dasin, clothes enter Nepal through Rasuwagadhi and Tatopani crossings,'' he said. .'' Even though new vehicles were used to enter through this gate during the festival, it is now closed. Although most electric vehicles are imported through this port, now the import from this port is closed.  

"How many auto dealers had bought cars during the festival, but it became impossible to get them through this border," he said. "The target of revenue collection in July and August is 7 billion rupees," he said.

The target of revenue collection in October alone is 3.5 billion rupees. He said that even though the border will be opened regularly after Tihar of the current year, the revenue collection will be less than 12 billion in the total target set throughout the year. "If the checkpoint had been opened before 10th, there would have been no loss of such a large amount of revenue," he said.

Bimal

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