School children suffer because of no bridge in Babai

There is Nepal National Secondary School only in Ghuiyabari of Kaprechaur and nearly 200 children from four settlements have been affected as they have to walk for a long time to go to school. Since there is no bridge on the Babai River, the water level in the river rises during the rainy season, so school going children are forced to walk for two hours through the forest path every day.

Tulendra Pun Magar, a class 9 student in Neramawi Ghuiyabari, said that because there is no bridge, when the water level drops during winter, he goes to school by boat, but in the rainy season, it is not possible to go to school by walking along the banks of the river and through the forest. He informed that because it takes a long time to reach school, he has to walk from home without eating well in the morning.

If there was a bridge over the Babai river, it would not take more than 40 minutes to reach the school. During the rainy season, you cannot cross the Babai river risking your life,' he said, 'because of the love of life, we have to walk for a long time regardless of hunger and thirst. When walking for a long time, the body gets tired. Can neither sleep well nor eat. It is very difficult to go to school now.

Usha Basnet, a class 10 student, said that it is very difficult nowadays to walk for a long time since there is no bridge on the Babai river. She informed that she could not go to school alone as she was afraid of wild animals as there was a border of the park nearby. If it rains, you cannot go to school. Due to this, studies are also affected," she said. "It is not that there is no bridge on the Babai river. There is a bridge, but to cross the bridge, you have to walk for an hour more. You have to go back to school. That's why we used to go to school by walking along the banks of the river.'

Prem Bahadur Rana of Batuleh said that despite repeated demands to related bodies, his school-going children are facing various problems because the suspension bridge could not be built in Babai as required. He informed that as it is the border area of ​​Banke National Park, there is a fear of wild animals and children are also unsafe.

Prof. Omprakash Gupta of Neramawi Ghuiyabari said that 15/20 students of Batule are deprived of coming to school during the rainy season due to the lack of a bridge on the Babai river. He informed that although there is not much problem in winter, during the rainy season, not only the school children of the four settlements but also other locals face problems. He says that because there is no bridge on the river, some rent houses near the school and study.

The Ward President of Kalimati Rural Municipality-7 Mitralal Rizal said that even though the bridge was built in Babai, it was not enough and the existing ones were far away, so the school children of Swamibas, Salyanchaur, Haukhola, Talno Batule were more affected. He informed that although there is a plan for a suspension bridge over the Babai River for the convenience of the locals and school children of the four wards, they are forced to walk for a long time as the work cannot be done.

'In the past, even during the rainy season, children used to cross the Babai river to go to school by tying their clothes on their bodies. However, during the rainy season, when their lives are at risk, they walk around," he said. He said that not only the school children but also the locals are facing various problems due to Babai Urlieka.