Four main roads of Baglung have been blocked for two months

Farmers have not been able to sell vegetables and milk due to the lack of efforts to open the blocked roads and there has been a problem in the transportation of daily consumables. When the road is closed, the residents of the rural areas are forced to buy consumer goods at a higher price compared to the market price.

The farmers of Jaimini, who send hundreds of liters of milk and vegetables to Baglung market daily, send some of the milk to the mountain and some of it is wasted at home. Lalmaya Pun, a farmer of Lekhani, complained that the vegetables rotted in the garden without getting a market.

Kaligandaki Corridor has been closed since June 14 and has not opened yet. When it opened one day in mid-June, the road was immediately blocked by landslides. After that, there was no attempt to open this road. As the corridor is blocked, the journey from Baglung to Balewa, Jaimini, Bareng to Gulmi is at a standstill. Apart from that, the Maldhunga Kushmisera road here is also closed.

The landslide that fell in Ecclesall on this road has not been removed for two months . Raju Khadka, the deputy head of Baglung Municipality, said that there are landslides every day when it rains. "We tried several times, but we gave up when it was not possible," Khadka said, "The citizens who come and go to Sadarmukam are suffering, but nothing could be done." This year, the same amount will be spent, but after seeing that there is no landslide control, they did not try to spend it.

Landslides that fell four years ago in Ecclesall have washed away nearly one and a half km long and 500 meters wide land, forest and fields. Due to this landslide, Baglung municipality-10 Dablyang settlement is at risk. Half a dozen houses here have been displaced many times. Farmers who operated chicken farms also complained that they were forced to leave due to the landslide. Kaligandaki Corridor Project Engineer Surendra Gautam said that efforts are being made to remove the landslides and open the road where possible. He said that he could not work in a place where small investment is not possible.

The road from Kushmisera Bazar in Jaimini Municipality to Bareng Rural Municipality has been blocked since June due to the under-construction bridge over the river. This road has been blocked because the contractor has not made diversions, bridge has not been completed and materials have been piled haphazardly. Commuters going to the villages of Ward 9 and 10 from Jaimini have suffered as this road has not been opened. The entrance to Bareng Rural Municipality has been closed. Nar Bahadur Pun, the head of Jaimini municipality, said, "I risked four landslides and walked to the headquarters." He said that he came to Baglung from Balewa via Kushma of the mountain by crossing Jholunge bridge after the traffic stopped. The Dakshin Baglung resident, who traveled in this way for the first 3 hours, complained that he was forced to stay in a hotel after walking to the headquarters a day before work.

The location of Kathekhola Rural Municipality, which is called the alternative road of Madhyapahari Lokmarg, most of the geography of Ward 6 and Ward no. Hundreds of people have suffered due to the lack of control of the two big landslides that fell on the road entering Galkot Municipality through 8. Residents of Lekhani village said that they were forced to walk a detour for two hours to get the municipality's work without being able to walk for 30 minutes. "I have to go to the municipality every day, I am shocked when I have to walk," said Pramanand Kandel, president of Ward 8, "No one saw that the people suffered due to landslides." But it is estimated that it will take more weeks to open this road. This road has been blocked since June 6 after the Road Division Office, Infrastructure Development Office and others argued that there is no budget. 25 houses of Sirimpata village are at risk due to Bhundikhola landslide here.

After suffering from the Kaligandaki corridor and Maldhunga Kushmisera road from the headquarters to the south, the locals have taken the initiative to build a bridge over the Kaligandaki river from Sahasradhara mountain. 'How long will the suffering last from four to five years?' said Gandaki Provincial Assembly Member of Parliament, 'We are working to start the work with the provincial government's allocation of 5 crores and build the bridge in a few years.' He said that the situation is impossible.