According to Chief District Officer Nawaraj Paudyal, security personnel had been trying to open the road since last Wednesday. He said that it was only on Sunday that they succeeded and the road to Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality was opened.
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Security personnel have cleared the road to the remote Narpa Bhumi village in the Himalayan district of Manang after 5 days. The waterfall above Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality-Dharamshala froze and the entire Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality was closed due to ice accumulation in places.
It takes 2 days to reach Nar and Phu villages of Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality, which have not been connected by road network so far, from Koto near the district headquarters Chame. It took security personnel 6-7 hours to reach the waterfall above Dharamshala.
20 security personnel from the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police have cleared the road using sledges, sledges, shovels and snow-cutting axes. The place is usually not exposed to sunlight and is often cold because it is located near the Narkhola and in a ravine. Security personnel have also removed ice from the road including the Chhayajya, Metaphedi.
According to Chief District Officer Nawaraj Paudyal, security personnel have been trying to clear the road since last Wednesday. He said that it was successful only on Sunday and the road to Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality has been opened.
‘With the opening of the road, it will be easier for locals to travel and for election workers,’ he said. According to him, the Nepal Army’s Naya Bhairavi Dal Battalion, Armed Police Force Nepal No. 32 Battalion and security personnel from the District Police Office Manang were deployed to open the road.
There are 5 polling stations in Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality, 3 in Wards 1 to 3 of Narpa Bhumi Rural Municipality and 2 in the Fu area of Wards 4 and 5. Pradya Paudyal said that preparations are being made to monitor the polling stations in those places with the opening of the road.
