The suffering of Dolpali, who had to change vehicles to travel from place to place during the rainy season, is going to be reduced this year.

The Bheri Corridor Road Project has started direct transport to Dolpa during the rainy season after installing humpipes (cement pipes for draining water) at five places in Jajarkot, Rukum West and Dolpa.

The project has invested Rs 1.5 million and installed humpipes in Rijigad, Usumkhola, Ghattekhola, Mankabagar and Fulching Khola.

Information Officer of the Project Office, Jajarkot, Girishandan Koras, said that work has been done to ease transportation by installing hume pipes to reduce the problems caused by the increase in rivers and canals during the rainy season. According to him, contracts have been invited for the construction of concrete bridges at 11 places including Chisapani, Rijigad, Usumkhola, Mankabagar, Galligad and Rupgad in the current fiscal year.

He said that preparations are also being made to move forward with the process for the construction of concrete bridges at Tripurakot in Dolpa and the Bheri River in Dunai. Since then, the Bheri Corridor, whose track was opened in 2075 BS, has been forced to change vehicles at more than a dozen places every rainy season.

Since the increase in rivers and canals meant that vehicles had to be changed repeatedly to transport passengers and goods, the transportation of daily necessities became expensive and passengers, students and patients had to suffer. There have been complaints that transport entrepreneurs are charging extra fares based on this situation.

Direct transport from Nepalgunj, Surkhet and Kathmandu to Chalgad in Tripurasundari Municipality-1 of Dolpa has started from Monday. Chief District Officer Junu Hamal Dhakal said that the problem since the rainy season has been resolved to some extent after direct transport to Chalgad in Dolpa started this year during the rainy season.
'Until last year, Dolpali people were forced to change vehicles at dozens of places during the rainy season and transport goods by repeatedly turning them over,' she said. 'The Bheri Corridor Project worked diligently in coordination with security agencies and stakeholders in Rukum West, Jajarkot and Dolpa, making direct transport possible this year.' Dhakal said that now the obligation to change vehicles repeatedly when going to the market or going out of the district has been eliminated.

The option of transporting vehicles from the Chalgad River to the district headquarters, Dunai, was also discussed. However, she said that it was not possible to do so immediately due to the flow of the river and the road connecting it to the Bheri River.

The project has also kept two excavators on standby to prevent the road from being blocked due to floods and landslides during the rainy season. One has been deployed in the Chalgad and the other in the Talnubagar area. According to Sagar Budha, in-charge of the Joint Transport Committee, Tripurakot, the direct operation of small jeeps, buses and trucks has brought great relief to both passengers and businessmen.