51 vehicle accidents took place in Karnali during Dasain alone. In which 9 people died and 123 people were injured according to the data of Nepal Police Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office.
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On the day before Phoolpati of Dasain, 4 people of the same house lost their lives when a jeep No. 2 B 6502 going from Rukum West to Dang near Kapurkot Rural Municipality-3 Chorkhola of Salyan under Rapti highway.
In the accident, 27-year-old Prakash KC, Shashidhar KC and 68-year-old Pavi KC of Banfikot rural municipality-5 of Rukum West died on the spot, while 36-year-old Bina KC died during treatment.
'There was a heavy thunderstorm on the eve of Dasain, the accident left the village in mourning,' said Purna Bahadur KC, the leader of Banfikot-5, 'Dasain preparations had already started in the village, those who had returned from outside were preparing for dancing, meeting and sweet food, KC family's Dasain was stopped, after the accident even the neighbors could not enjoy the festival.' Police said .
51 vehicle accidents took place in Karnali only during Dasain. In which 9 people died and 123 people were injured according to the data of Nepal Police Highway Safety and Traffic Management Office. According to the office, 24 people died in 216 accidents in Karnali only in 3 months of the current financial year. In which 494 people have been injured. The police investigation has shown that most accidents happen during the festive season in three financial years.
There were 97 accidents last year and 104 accidents in the financial year 2080/81 in almost a month from Dasain to Tihar. 83 people have lost their lives in accidents during the festival in three financial years. "During the festival, there is a lot of traffic and also a lot of passengers," said Chief Superintendent of Police Bhavesh Rimal of the office. He said that the vehicle was monitored through radar. According to him, passenger assistance rooms were established at 43 locations, which have helped passengers to travel safely and avoid being cheated.
All major highways in Karnali are dilapidated and travelers are forced to travel at risk during the festive season. Karnali Corridor, Bheri Corridor, Rapti, Madhyapahari and Karnali highways were hit by landslides and passengers who went to celebrate Dasain are still stranded in the middle of the road .
'Since there is no bridge over the river, we have to get off the vehicle and travel to the suspension bridge again,' said Dinesh Budha of Thuliberi Municipality-3, who returned to Surkhet after celebrating Dasain from Dolpa via the Bheri Corridor. Bhola Prasad KC, a businessman of Musikot Municipality-3, said that it takes a whole day to travel 147 kilometers from Rukum West to Dang.
'We traveled in fear of landslides all along the road,' he said, 'As soon as it rains, the Bademan rocks stand on the road, and we have to be stuck on the road for hours.'
Karnali highway has been closed for 39 days since the onset of monsoon this year. According to the police, when landslides occur up to 5 times in one day, passengers are stranded in different places. Ashish Devkota of Jumla Khalanga said, "The narrow road, there is a pitch everywhere, even when there is a landslide from above," said Ashish Devkota of Jumla Khalanga. Head of Road Division Office Jumla Dipendra Kumar Chaudhary said that there is a high risk of landslides in Hulm, Serighat, Sunarkhola, Galli, Molfa, Serabada, Takulla, Bhaisingowda, Timure, Galje, Ranchuli and Dhanada. He said, "He sent the vehicle away from the landslide, but within 1/2 hour there was a report that another landslide occurred," he said, "Steep ground, weak soil and excessive blasting during the construction of the road caused more landslides." He informed that works such as putting up walls in dangerous places, filling wire mesh, and improving roads have been done from the contingency budget of 90 lakh rupees released by the road board this year.
With the help of the World Bank, in 072, the road sector development project of the federal government was done with a black sheet on the highway at a cost of 1 billion rupees. In the last three years alone, nearly 700 million has been spent on this road, according to the Road Division Office, Surkhet and Jumla. But bus driver Purna Bahadur Budthapa said that those who have traveled once on the highway, which gets slippery when it rains and becomes muddy when the sun shines, are afraid to go back the next time. According to him, when the road is "one way" in most places There is an obligation to back up and give side to the vehicle to cross.
Reserve He says that even if the vehicle reaches Jumla from Surkhet in one day, the passenger vehicles have to stay in Kalikot for one day . "In most places, if there is only 5 meters of road, you have to travel with the car wide because there are no curves," he said, who has been driving on the Karnali highway for almost 5 years, "If you try to avoid potholes on roads with potholes and poor terrain, there is a danger of getting into an accident. There is not a day when the belt is not broken or the tire is not punctured when taking a Jumla car from Surkhet." He said that there was a problem in the operation of transport vehicles after most of the black sheets were uprooted on the Karnali highway. "Old vehicle, more passengers than capacity And accidents are increasing at high speed,' he said, 'The difficult geography of Karnali also poses a challenge to prevent accidents when there are dilapidated roads.'
