When the agreement was about to expire two years ago, only 40 percent of the road connecting the strategic road court from Chowpari to Gondakot, Tityang, Bhakunde Rayadanda, and Bareng Shantipur was completed.

The road, which was scheduled to be blacktopped in two years after the agreement was signed on Chaitra 16, 2080, has not even been completed with one month left for the deadline. The contractor and consultant side have claimed that 40 percent of the work has been completed. 

This road is still risky as the Bidari Tundhi Joint Construction Company has not completed the work on time to blacktop a total of 15 km of the road. Even now, only pickup jeeps ply on this road at great risk. Locals are facing difficulties in reaching Bhakunde, which is 15 km away, and Rayadanda, which is 20 km away, due to the inability to transport other vehicles. 

Baglung Municipality has included Rayadanda in a special zone and linked it to social development activities. However, due to the road's poor condition, other service delivery has also been affected, said Gyanendra Gautam, Chairman of Baglung Municipality-11. "Many other works have been done well, but since the road to get there is difficult from the beginning, everyone has to be blamed," Gautam said. "Even when the roads in other wards are bad, the residents of Rayadanda have suffered." He said that even after the road connecting the wards has not been built, there has been no result even after doing good work within the ward.

The contractor side has done the work of weaving gabions and installing walls in some places in Tityang and Bhakunde, but has not yet constructed the drain. Engineer Purushottam Gautam of the consulting company claimed that the drain and gabions of the 15 km road will be built by the coming Ashar.

So far, the drain work is being done only on 5 to 6 km of this road. Since it is an uphill road, there is also a design to make a slope at some turns. Locals complain that the work of digging the soil and widening the road according to the standards has not been done even when the blacktop is being completed. ‘At this time, the road should be blacktopped, but they are still digging the road with two dozers,’ said local Umakanta Sharma, ‘We are wondering when the work will be completed and whether we will be able to go home easily.’ The drains, which were built only in one or two places, have not been properly maintained. 

Since the road at the beginning of the road in Gondakot is not level, vehicle owners are also charging high fares in the name of bad roads. Residents of the 20-km Rayadanda are forced to pay more than 600 rupees when traveling by jeep. Local Tika Thapa said that since the road, which was initially built by collecting donations from locals, was not level, they have been facing problems every year. 

The construction of this road is being carried out with the assistance of a loan of 280 million rupees from the Asian Development Bank. The bank has provided a loan for this road through the Rural Road Network Improvement Project (RCIPF) project. After one and a half years of contracting, that is, until last Shrawan, the work on this road had not started, the Nepal government had sent a consultant. Although the work has gained momentum only with the technical assistance of the consultant, only 40 percent of the work has been completed within the stipulated time. ‘If the work cannot be done on time, even the work done will be washed away in the rain,’ said Til Bahadur Thapa, Chairman of Baglung Municipality-10. ‘The people have suffered because there is no system for doing work on time.’ 

Thapa said that daily necessities and patients have suffered more in going to the hospital for treatment on time. Once this road is completed, the government is preparing to award the second phase of the contract for the road from Rayadanda to Damek, Bareng, and Shantipur in Gulmi.

In 2057, the track of the road from Adalat Chowpari to Gaundakot, Tityang was opened. Initially, the initial track was opened from Kamaldanda in Tityang via Sigana. Even after the short route track was opened in 2058, the work could not gain momentum. The then District Development Committee, municipality and other organizations had also awarded contracts to build this road repeatedly.   

Tourists visiting Bhakunde have also suffered when the road is blocked. ‘There is a road that cannot be used by motorbikes, even taking a jeep has to face difficulties, transporting tourists is a very challenging task,’ said Rishiram Gautam, senior vice-president of the Baglung Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ‘Once you say you want to go to Bhakunde, you have to think many times before sending a vehicle.’  

The road is muddy due to lack of water source management in the area around Salbot in Tityang. Earlier, the municipality had built a slope on the internal source, and wires have come out and become dangerous. Landslides in some places have also affected the road construction. Thapa complains that if the current year’s budget is cut due to the inability to work on time, the work will be further blocked. ‘We have suffered the same pain even though we are close,’ said Thapa, ‘There are obstacles on both roads leading to Bhakunde.’

The road leading to Bhakunde via Galuwa has been facing problems due to landslides from Eklesal for years. The road is still dangerous at the point where it is called the road. Locals complain that the road to Salbot, which is under construction, has not been completed yet. 

If this road is made standard, it will be a short road from Rayadanda to Damek in Jaimini Municipality 3 and to Bareng Rural Municipality and Shantipur in Gulmi. This road is also considered a project of provincial pride. When the road is not made standard on time, the residents of Bhakunde and Rayadanda have migrated to the city. ‘We have been taking the initiative to build the road for years, but when the standard road reaches the village, the people are worried that they will not stay in the village,’ said local Milan KC. ‘We are forced to bear the disappointment of the people because the infrastructure work cannot be done on time.’