The bus park built at a cost of 66.6 million is unused. And the transport businessmen are parking their vehicles in Madhyapahari Pushpalal Lokmarg. Locals are worried that this increases the risk of accidents. But who will listen to their complaints?
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Even after a year of completion, the newly constructed bus park building has not been put into operation. And the transport businessmen have started making parking on Madhyapahari Pushpalal Lokmarg itself.
Near bus park, Khareha road and Shivalaya Chowk, parking of vehicles that are used to please has increased the risk of accidents. Locals have been demanding to prohibit parking of haphazard vehicles on the highway. But who will listen to them?
Navraj Sharma, a youth from Kushma, said that to reach Baglung, Myagdi, Mustang and other destinations, he has to go through Kushma and said that the risk of accidents is high due to the haphazard parking on the road. He said, "Vehicles are parked day and night on the main road which is very busy". Many times we told the transport businessmen and related bodies that there was no hearing.'
A year ago, a bus park was built in Bandrebedi located in Kushma Municipality-6 at a cost of Rs 666633250. But it is useless and Due to the lack of maintenance, the physical structures of the bus park have been vandalized . The passenger cabin has started collapsing and the toilet doors and windows have been broken. The light bulbs are broken . 
deserted buspark . Photo: Sumanjung Thapa
District Traffic Police Office Parbat Traffic Chief Police Deputy Inspector Bal Bahadur Gurung said that parking big buses on the highway day and night is a serious challenge for traffic safety Tell . Cars are parked on the highway. A driver who knows will be careful, but not all drivers are the same. Nothing happened until the unpleasant incident happened', he said, 'I have asked the municipality to arrange car parking in the bus park as soon as possible so that there is no possible big accident.
Parashuram Puri, the ward chairman of Kushma municipality-7, said that despite being asked to remove the means of transport from the road, there is a problem because they cannot give an exact alternative. He said that it will be difficult to remove the parking problem on the road until the municipality starts operating the bus park. "When the vehicle owner was asked to remove the vehicle from the road and put it in the new bus park, they raised the question of safety", he said, "It doesn't seem like the bus park will be operational soon." The ticket counter at Shivalay Chowk should also be brought. But the locals are not ready.'
Although the Pokhara-Baglung road was extended in 2048, there was no organized bus park in Kushma. Two decades after Shivalaya Religious Development Guthi allocated a land of about 12 ropani and 12 annas, the bus park was constructed. Kushma Municipality has invited tenders for the operation of the bus park on June 28th of last month, but after no one came, it has again invited tenders on July 12th last week . The price is Rs. 11 lakh 19 thousand 252.
'The bus park was built to organize the parking . We opened the contract twice to let the private company operate as much as possible. Now three or four people have come in contact", Netraprasad Paudel, the chief administrative officer of Kushma municipality said, "Even if no one has tendered, they will have to think about the option of putting the bus park into operation".
