Almost 19 years after the Rapti Highway came into operation, a contract was awarded for the construction of a bridge in Pitibangkhola located in Musikot Municipality-11 and 12 in Rukum West in the year 2076. In order to complete the work of the bridge within 2 years, Chitwan-based Conservation Construction Service took the contract for 50 million 28 million rupees. But due to the lack of bridge construction, the passengers who reach Kathmandu via Salyan, Dang are suffering a lot during the rainy season.

"Though the river is small, the flow of water is high, the culverts made to cross the vehicle will be washed away by the river," said the local Bam Bahadur Oli, "we have to pay for motorcycles and small vehicles in the river." The contractor company will build the bridge by May 7th The contract was taken. Although the builders have started the work through the contract protection service, it is still not certain when it will be completed.

The Bheri river bridge under the Madhyapahari Lokmarg connecting Rukum West and Jajarkot has been stuck for almost 12 years. After the construction of the bridge was stalled due to negligence of the contractor, Lokmarg canceled the contract and called for new tender twice. But since the contract has not yet been awarded, the construction of the bridge has been pushed. Earlier, Lalitpur-based YP Construction was responsible for the construction of the bridge. Although he took responsibility to build a 100-meter bridge in 2069, the bridge was abandoned after not even completing 30 percent of the work. For which the government allocated Rs. 13 crore 47 lakh. But after the bridge was stuck for a long time, the residents of both districts were forced to move from Jholunge bridge, said Kamal KC, a local. According to him, due to the bridge, the work of Chaurjahari new city construction project has also been affected. "The previous contractor left the bridge construction work stalled without even building the foundation," he said. "The road connection of the two districts is still not connected because the bridge is not built."

According to the bridge division under the road department, tenders have been issued for the construction of 58 bridges in Karnali last financial year and this year. About 1 billion 20 crore rupees have been allocated for this. According to the department, 18 bridges were completed in Karnali last financial year. Similarly, the construction work of 23 bridges has started through various highway project offices and the work of 6 bridges has been completed. At present, about 31 bridges are standing still in Karnali for more than 5 years. "All the contracts of the bridge are for five years, so its progress is not seen in one year," said Khum Bahadur Bhandari, head of Road Division Office, Surkhet, "now the old contracts have started to be canceled in a hurry because of moral pressure on the contractors, except for some places, the financial and physical progress is satisfactory."

Bridge construction work has been going on for almost 11 years due to wrong design in Pasagad river under Chinchu-Jajarkot road. Stuck. Tejashwi Sharma, head of road division office, Chaurzahari, said that the construction of the bridge was stalled after the case was filed in the court. According to him, an agreement was signed by Lumbini/Ashish JV for the construction of the bridge 11 years ago for 3 crore rupees. "After the High Court decided the case in favor of the contractor, the company broke the contract," he said.

The construction work is becoming uncertain due to the change in the design of the broken bridge. Road Division Surkhet terminated the contract of Bheri river bridge at Ranighat on Surkhet-Telpani-Bhurigaon road section two years ago after the bridge was not constructed even after 10 years of contract agreement. Pappu/Mall JV took over the construction of the bridge for Rs. But after the bridge was stuck for a long time, the contract was broken. But the materials taken for the construction of the bridge have become dilapidated on the river bank. The said company has already received payment of 3 crore 87 lakh rupees.

'Even though we broke the contract, the bridge was redesigned to see if the bridge could be built using the 2 pillars built by the previous contractor,' Khum Bahadur Bhandari, head of the Road Division Office, Surkhet, said, 'But the Road Department rejected the design, now the design is being revised. According to him, 1 million rupees have been allocated for the construction of the bridge this financial year. He informed that they are preparing to tender soon if the source is confirmed. Local Chuda Bahadur Khadka said that if the bridge is not built, passengers will have to go through Kohalpur in Banke via Ratna Highway to travel from Surkhet to Bardia. 

Development campaigner Ghanshyam KC said that construction of infrastructure such as bridges and roads without adequate preparation is causing delays in work, misuse of government budget, and natural disasters. "There are places where there are no rivers or streams. Bridges have been built in a hurry. On our side, there is a problem of building bridges even on rivers where roads have been running for years," he said. , 'The development of Karnali can take a leap only if all roads with bridges are built and vehicles can run for twelve months.

Kalimati Rural Municipality-7 near Ghuiyabari under the road connecting Nepalgunj through Kalimati-Damdawali-Ghuiyawari-Chapargauri in Salyan  It has been 7 years since the construction of concrete bridge on Babai river. Rasuwa/Elite JV signed a contract to build the bridge for about 16 million rupees. But he still hasn't completed the construction of the bridge. 'Years have passed since we started waiting for the bridge to be built, there is no way when it will be built,' said local Dayaram Dangi, 'the bridge was built for twelve months, our journey would be easy.' Plans have been stalled since time immemorial. Caravan/Hirachan JV took the contract of 5 bridges under Jajarkot-Dolpa road of Bheri Corridor on 2nd January 2077. He took the contract for construction of bridges in Nalgadkhola, Jhurmekhola, Tatrakhola, Maidekhola and Taxugadkhola for about 20 million rupees. But when all the bridges are stuck, you have to get down from the vehicle and cross through the suspension bridge,  Kabhim Bahadur Vick of Tripurasundari Municipality-4 of Dolpa said that he had to face problems such as having to change the vehicle and turn over the goods. He says that there is no bridge and the means of transport are being operated only in the winter season. 

'It was possible to go directly from Nepalgunj to Dolpa in one vehicle, the fare was also cheap,' he said, 'When the goods are returned, there are problems such as the goods getting broken, getting lost etc.' He said that it is painful when walking down. According to him, because there is no bridge, the means of transport are being operated in Jajarkot-Dolpa section in 5 sections during the rainy season. He informed that even though the distance from Nepalgunj to Dunai is 272 km, he has to pay up to 5 thousand rupees for the car fare. According to him, due to the lack of a bridge, show businessmen are charging arbitrary fares in different sections, and carrying heavy loads for the porters in between will cost more money.