Burtiwang Bus Park under construction has been stalled for three and a half years

But here The bus park that is going to be constructed has been stalled for three and a half years. Although the construction of the bus park has started at the place where the nearby Bhujikhola is cut, the work has not been completed for years.

It is the business center of Dhorpatan municipality, Tamankhola and Nisikhola rural municipality and Badigad rural municipality. Many people from Gulmi, Pyuthan, Rolpa and Rukum also come to shop at Burtiwang. Busier than the headquarters. But the risk of road accidents is more if the bus park is not organized . The land dispute in the bus park to be built on the Bhujikhola bank of Ward 1 has not been resolved.

DPR of 7 crores has been started on the bus park, so far 2 crore 48 lakhs have been spent. After not getting a multi-year contract, it is not sure when the bus park will be built even if the project is working on a yearly basis .

When the road is narrow, traffic jams should be annoying. Only one-way vehicles ply in the old market. Even after three years of construction, the bus park has not been completed. Traffic is inconvenient when parking a car on the street.

'Vehicles are kept in such a way that they cannot be removed no matter how much they do,' said Rajkumar Vick of the local police office, 'If a new bus park is built, it can be reduced.' He said that it is difficult to get support from the locals. There are only 2 people managing the traffic police here . No means . He said that even if there is an incident, it is difficult to reach immediately. There is a bus park in the narrow playground in the middle of the market. The former ground of Uttarganga Mabi has been used as a bus park. Currently, this bus park is not enough to park even a dozen vehicles.

The new bus park under construction on the Bhujikhola coast is like a standstill . 6 Local Chabilal Pandey said that the bus park being constructed in Ropani cannot support the capacity of long-distance vehicles traveling on public roads. As the project is not able to manage the land, some purchased and some public land has been made into a bus park. Even though it is on the side of the highway, there is not enough area. There is also some dispute over the land of the bus park.

``Even the annual budget is small, we have to work in the midst of conflict,'' said Ramakrishna Giri, the head of the project Giri complained that he was harassed by obstructing and destroying structures. He said that the creation of an urban project did not work as expected.

Burtiwang was listed as a model city by the Nepal government in 2071. For the last 8 years, an office has also been established by forming the 'Burtiwang Model Urban Development Project'. But there is an office building on a hill called Kutthapla in Ward 2, 5 km west of the main city. A city hall has been built in a village called Bhavreta of Ward 3. It takes more than 20 minutes by car to reach the city hall from the office . Local Mankumari Khatri said that it will be difficult to use those structures built on the hills of Waripari.

The government of Nepal is going to make Fidim of Panchthar, Basantpur of Tehrathum, Khurkot of Sindhuli, Baireni of Dhading, Dumre Bhansar of Tanahun and Burtiwang of Baglung which are close to Madhyapahari highway as model cities.

also aims to make Chaurjahari of Rukum, Rakam Karnali of Dailekh, Sanfebagar of Achham and Patan of Baitadi a model city. Those cities include indicators such as modern bus parks, assembly halls, waste management, integrated service delivery, land management, market protection, construction of playgrounds and green parks.

'The goal is to manage at least 100,000 people in these towns around the highway,' said Giri, 'but in Burtiwang, the work could not be carried forward due to geographical difficulties.' So far, no office has been moved to the Chartale building.

Since financial year 2072/073, there has been a regular budget allocation for the project. Giri says that the budget is not enough. In the first year, the budget was 44.7 million rupees and only 28.3 million rupees were spent due to lack of staff management. In eight years, 72 million 10 million budget has been allocated here, but only 58 million 32 million has been spent.