Humli on the price of frequent fares: 6,500 is paid for traveling 334 km

Magh 1, 2081

Krishna Prasad Gautam

Humli on the price of frequent fares: 6,500 is paid for traveling 334 km

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The one-way fare of public vehicles for the distance of 600 km from Surkhet to the federal capital Kathmandu has been fixed at 2,500 rupees. But when traveling 334 km from Surkhet to Humla, you have to pay 6.5 thousand rupees only for the fare.

Transport facilities are being operated in 3 sections for Surkhet-Humla. Under the Karnali Highway (Surkhet-Jumla), the Khulalu-Seemkot road under the Karnali Corridor connects from Khulalu in Calikot. The distance of which is 138 km. Until then, 8 years ago, Otasil technology was blacklisted . But most of the black paper is up .

It is 196 km from Khulalu to Humla headquarters Seemkot. Kamal Rokaya, a local, said that since the road was recently opened, they have to travel hard. "It is a difficult and painful journey, and the fare is also expensive," he said.

When going from Surkhet to Simkot, big vehicles ply on the road from Surkhet-Khulalu-Sarkegad. The rent of which is fixed at 3 thousand 500 rupees . Above that, only small jeeps are operating, said the local Megaraj Rokay. According to him, one has to pay 1500 to 2000 rupees for a distance of about 50 km from Sarkegad to Kharpunath and 700 to 1000 rupees for a distance of 12 km from Kharpunath to Seemkot.

'The bus fare would have been lower than Sarkegad, a bridge was built in Kharpu and one could travel directly from Surkhet to Seemkot,' he said, 'It is difficult and risky to reach the destination, also because of the behavior of the car dealers and the compulsion to get on and off the car. According to him, big vehicles sometimes do not agree to go up from Piluchour in Bajura. He complained that jeep charges 2,500 from Piluchur to Sarkegad if the big vehicle does not go. 

In the last week of March, although the road track was opened up to Seemkot, the Humla headquarter has not yet been connected to the national road network due to the lack of a bridge over the Karnali river at Chuwakhola in Kharpunath Rural Municipality. As the bridge is not built, the 12 km road towards Seemkot is still not connected to the national road network. On October 14, 2078, Swachhand/Mount/Pumri JV signed an agreement for the construction of a bridge on the river with a budget of nearly 11 million. However, due to the need to change the bridge construction schedule, the bridge construction work has been stalled, said Birendra Bahadur Chand, acting head of Karnali Corridor Planning .

From Piluchur in Bajura to Sarkegad in Humla, the road is narrow and large vehicles are not allowed to ply. 'Double cap jeeps carry up to 10 passengers in a coach, they don't leave the vehicle without passengers, the risk of using a large vehicle would be less,' Durga Bahadur Budha of Seemkot-5 said, 'There is no option for patients, women and the elderly to go out because the roads are not fast.'  ;

Under the Karnali Corridor, 40 kilometers of roads have been connected in Kalikot, 43 in Bajura and 113 kilometers in Humla. Gangaram Vick of Seemkot-3 said that the jeeps used to transport cars without giving a ticket. 'Jeeps take the same amount as reserves, poor citizens have been hit by high fares,' he said, 'bus fares have also become expensive due to the syndicate of committees.' The old man said . According to him, some vehicles stay in the middle of the road while most of the vehicles have to travel day and night. He said that he would have to eat for 3 meals on the way till he reached Surkhet .

'Even in winter, we are forced to travel on the road in difficult terrain,' he said Sunduk Lama, a local businessman, said that if bridges were built on nearly 5 rivers including rivers, the traffic to Seemkot would be regular and the journey would be easy and the price of daily consumables would be reduced by 4 times . "Transportation fares have become more expensive due to having to change the means of transportation from place to place," he said, "due to problems such as having to return the goods in between, not getting a porter, theft of goods etc., the price of consumer goods has not decreased significantly. 

Small cars reach Surkhet from Sarkeghat in one day, while big cars stay at Pilu, Kalikot and Dailekh border in Bajura . They wear it for 36 hours from Simkot to Surkhet. Narayan Pandey, the chief district officer of Humla, said that there is currently a discussion about installing a belay bridge on the Karnali river for some time.

'Due to the high flow of the river in winter, there is a risk for small vehicles to cross,' he said, 'therefore an initiative has been taken to build a bailibridge.' . About 25 vehicles are being operated through that Pvt Ltd.

Chief District Officer Pandey said that due to the lack of a route permit, the fares from Surkhet-Khulalu-Humla could not be regulated. "Earlier, there was a syndicate in the vehicle, now the syndicate has been removed on our own initiative," he said.

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