It has been two decades since the motorable bridge was built at Tamakoshi in Bhimeshwar Municipality-5. This bridge is the lifeline connecting Dolakha with Terai and the capital. A new construction contract was awarded eight years ago in 073 to replace the old bridge. But the bridge is stuck when the construction company only raised the pillars and left the work.

The work of the Sunkoshi river bridge at the creek of Sindhupalchok connecting Dolakha with the capital is also stalled. When the construction of the new bridge is stalled, vehicles are moving from the old bridge. The old motorable bridge has become dilapidated. 20 million rupees was awarded in 2007 to replace both the old motorized bridges built 40 years ago. The Nilgiri-National JV, which has taken over the construction, has lifted the pillars on both sides of the new bridge and left them stranded. The construction company has not even started work in Khadichaur. The same company also took over the bridge at Khadichaur. 

Although the contract for both bridges to be built in the arch bridge design was awarded in 073, the work has not progressed. Since the important Tamakoshi bridge connecting the headquarter Charikot with the Terai has become stuck, the locals have been stopping the movement of heavy vehicles saying that the old bridge is in a state of collapse. Locals have been requesting the road division and other places to proceed with the construction of the Sunkoshi bridge, the main lifeline coming from the Araniko highway towards Charikot. The local Karma Lama said that the bridge at Khadichaur has started to shake a lot since 3 years. "The first bridge was fine, after a few years the bridge shakes a lot," he said, adding that 8 years have passed since the contract for the construction of the new bridge has passed.

Both bridges are the lifeline of Dolakha. Hundreds of cargo and passenger vehicles from Jiri, Ramechhap and Terai use the old bridge at Tamakoshi and Sunkoshi. 7 years ago, the administration and the local level in Bhimeshwar Municipality-5 and Vaiteshwar Rural Municipality-6 of Dolakha removed the ghartahara in Tamakosi Bazar after complaints that the construction party could not start the work because of the local ghartahara at the bridge construction site. Navaraj Basnet, a resident of Tamakoshi, said that although the bridge was removed to widen the road and build a bridge, the bridge remained stuck. "The road has been widened, we removed the bridge after we asked to build the bridge," he said, "even though the bridge was raised and left standing, no one cares."

Due to the load vehicles of the hydroelectric project, the old bridge has become more dilapidated and the structure has reached a state of collapse at any time. In Tamakoshi, the RCC arch bridge design to be built on a 75-meter long double lane, the construction company of the new bridge was supposed to be completed in 075. In Tamakoshi, the zip has been lifted on both sides, while in Sunkoshi, the work has not yet started. When the bridge is in abeyance, the load vehicles of Ramechhap and Jiripari hydropower projects under construction are moving from the dilapidated old bridge. 

After the old bridge of Tamakoshi was flooded, the road division office has put up a gabion saying it will cause traffic problems. Although the department extended the bridge construction contract twice, the construction work has not yet progressed. Road Division Office, Dolakha, said that Engineer Bharat Shrestha has been urging the Bridge Division repeatedly to proceed with the work of the new bridge saying that the risk has increased in the old bridge. "It has been a long time since we asked the Bridge Division to proceed with the work as the old bridge is very dilapidated," he said, "still the Division has not returned the construction company that demolished the bridge to work.