It has been almost 40 years since Bhirkot-5 Shimle started moving through the storm drain. Local residents, teachers, students use bats especially during winter.
Krishna Prasad Paudel, a teacher of Janapriya Secondary School Bhirkot-5, said that it is easier to cross the river during winter. He said that the students who come to study in the school and the non-wholesale market from Shimla made it easier to cross the river.
'During the winter, crossing the river would be cold, shoes and socks had to be taken off, and sometimes the river would wash away,' he said. He said that due to the fact that local residents, teachers, students have been making Barseni together, it has continued this year as well.
Bamboo is cut to make seven to nine nails and it is woven by Bhata like Bhakari . The woven bhakari is taken to the river and filled with stones and bamboo is strung using it as a pillar. Phatke is prepared by placing a bag full of sand on the bamboo.
He said that Bhakari will be made based on the spread of the river. "Depending on how wide the river flows, the number of beggars tends to decrease," he said. should also be woven .'
It has been years since the construction of a concrete bridge started in the stormy river a little below the school. Although the bridge could not be completed on time, the students and locals are forced to cross the river with bamboo sticks. The teachers and students of the school on the banks of the river used to participate in public charity with the locals when the classes were empty. He said that it takes a minimum of three days to a maximum of a week to make a whip.
Earlier, the local Chandradhwaj Khan said that during the rains and winters, they used to cross by boat with the help of fishermen and fishermen. He said that after the displacement of the fishermen and Bote communities in recent times, they have started to use thrashing as an alternative to crossing the river by boat. He complains that although there have been many requests for a suspension bridge in this place where
is needed, no hearing has been done so far. "It has become a tradition here to make phatka in winter and pull it when the rainy season starts," he said. It is easy to cross the river for about seven to eight months after making a raft.
