A building built at a cost of Rs 10 million inside the Basar Park, adjacent to the Tila River, near the district headquarters of Khalanga, is also falling into disrepair and not being used.
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The bus park, built seven years ago, has not yet been operational due to a dispute over the access road.
There is currently no parking at the bus park, nor is there a road that allows vehicles to easily pass through. The road leading to the bus park, which was built in 2076 BS, has not been operational due to the failure to resolve the land dispute.
Since the bus park is not operational, vehicles are parked haphazardly on the road. Harish Rokaya of Chandannath Municipality-6 said that haphazard parking on the road and unorganized roads have increased the risk of accidents. “It is difficult for children and even passengers to travel to and from school,” Rokaya said. He complained that the local administration, municipality, and stakeholders have not shown any interest.
The building built at a cost of Rs. 10 million inside the bus park, which is connected to the Tila River near the district headquarters, Khalanga, is also dilapidated and is not being used. The minimum infrastructure required for the bus park has also been built. Chandannath Municipality had also tried to operate the bus park several times. The municipality has also made a procedure for this. The municipality has held discussions to resolve the land dispute, but it has not been able to find a solution so far.
16 million rupees were spent on the bus park's building and structures including drains. Since it is not being used, the roof of the building has started leaking. The walls are cracked. All the infrastructure including car parking, passenger waiting room, ticket counter, toilets, water and electricity have been built. But since it has not been put into operation, all the structures are not being used.
After Birendranagar in Surkhet, the capital of Karnali Province, Jumla has the highest traffic volume. Hundreds of vehicles ply here daily. Currently, vehicle parking and passenger boarding are taking place on the road, which has created a chaos in the market along with the risk of accidents.
Due to the lack of operation of the bus park, counters of transport entrepreneurs have been placed in every corner of the market. Even though vehicles are parked on the road, posing a risk of vehicle accidents, the stakeholders seem to be silent. Locals complain that the problem is increasing when vehicles from Tipangre autos to buses and trucks are parked on the road.
Chandannath Municipality Mayor Rajusinh Kathayat said that efforts to operate the bus park have not been successful. According to him, the municipality has also formulated a procedure for operating the bus park. ‘The rich people living on the road leading to the bus park are not agreeing to give free land. The budget cannot be managed to provide compensation,’ he said. ‘It is now like swallowing and vomiting when the bus park is built without clearing the land on the road.’
The land of 7 people is on the road leading to the bus park. The municipality claims that the landowners have demanded compensation and the issue could not be resolved. Landowner Min Bahadur Thapa said that the bus park has not been operational due to the municipality's negligence. 'We have demanded that the land around the road be covered equally.' The municipality has not given in,' he said.
Passengers complain that when boarding a vehicle from outside the bus park, they are being cheated, and that there is no one to monitor the situation, and that the businessmen are being bullied. From morning to evening, it is difficult to walk on the road due to the crowd of vehicles. The lack of operation of the bus park has added challenges to traffic management. 'First, the road and market are very narrow.' On top of that, there has been a problem in movement after all the buses, jeeps and autos have been parked,' said local Padam Mahat, 'Parking everywhere has also violated the right of passengers to travel safely. Now it seems that an environment should be created for vehicles to leave from the bus park immediately.'
