In Bajhang, there has been no transport, communication, electricity or drinking water for a week and a half

The only highway that connects other districts is blocked as the mudslide of Jaipruthwi Highway under Chibis Pathivera rural municipality could not be removed even for a week. The highway was blocked due to the landslide of Jalebagar in Chabis Pathivera during the last week. Passengers complain that the journey from Bajhang-Dhangadhi, which can be reached in eight/ten hours, takes two days when the highway is blocked. "He walked at 6 in the morning and reached at 5 in the evening." It took exactly two days," said Lakshmi Bohra, a passenger. "My eight-month-old daughter had to walk from place to place carrying a bag of goods. Such sorrow has never been found.' Due to the landslides caused by the rain since 25th of August, roads, electricity and telephone services have been disrupted.

Officials have said that even though the security agencies including the district administration office are continuously taking efforts to open the road, the divisional road office has neglected it and there is more problem. "After the Divisional Road Office did not pay attention, we also called the Director General of the Road Department," Bajhang acting Chief District Officer Satyakumari Joshi said, "The dozer was found and said there was no oil." Oil is found but the driver is not found. People are suffering when the responsible agencies are ignoring them.' She said that the road was opened for a while on Monday by requesting the dozer of the local contractor company. She said that even though the dozer of the division office was asked to be deployed at the landslide site, they did not work accordingly.

The communication service of Nepal Telecom, which has been disrupted due to damage to the fiber network due to the landslide, has also not been able to operate for two weeks . Telecom has informed that the fiber network has been damaged in Bajhang's Vithad, Malumela and other places. Due to the problem of telecom mobile phones not working and internet not working, the communication within the district has been cut off. Ncell's network, which has a limited network and a limited number of users, is working tentatively.

Prajia Joshi said that since the entire district was without communication due to the interruption of telecom services, there was no response even when she asked for immediate repairs. "Regarding Nepal Telecom's offices in Chainpur, Dadeldhura and Dhangadhi, the problem has not been resolved, and the communication secretary has been requested over the phone," she said -break The electricity service that was interrupted since last Wednesday night was resumed on Monday, but it has been interrupted again since Tuesday . Sujan Khadka, Head of Nepal Electricity Authority Bajhang Distribution Center, said that electricity service was disrupted due to a disturbance in the transmission line in Bhalumare area of ​​Baitadi. Due to frequent power outages, there has been a shortage of drinking water in Chainpur, the headquarters of Bajhang. Due to the lack of drinking water, the residents of the capital are forced to drink contaminated water from Seti River and Bahuli River. Similarly, water supply shortage has been seen in Chabis Pathivera-1 Sugala settlement when the water pipe was washed away by the sandslide.

The consumer interest protection platform has also submitted a letter to the district administration office saying that the residents are suffering due to the non-operation of essential services such as drinking water, electricity, communication and transportation for a long time . "The blockage of the road, which has been the lifeline of the district for a long time, has caused the locals to suffer a lot when the flow of essential services such as electricity, communication and drinking water has been stopped," said Dal Bahadur Dhami, the president of the forum He said that action should be taken against the responsible officials who do not initiate repairs even when the road and communication services are disrupted.