The biggest impact of the flood in Paktanglung Rural Municipality-6 Lelep Thakpakhola has been on hydropower. More than 200 families have to live in the dark for the next month.
According to Ward President Pembatasi Sherpa, the road repair work will start from Saturday. But it will take a month to complete it.
"The river also washed away the road to Olangchungola, two RCC bridges built for pedestrians going to Lavajin were also washed away," said Pemba, "We will build the road and footpath by Saturday (tomorrow), but it will take time to build electricity." For this, Paktanglung rural municipality is going to provide 5 lakh rupees from the disaster relief fund. River Side Hydro Power Company has committed to provide iron rods. Pemba says that there is an agreement to manage the cement and sand with the money given by the municipality and the rest of the work will be done through public donations.
Three years ago, 52 kilowatts of electricity was generated from Thakpakhola. It was providing electricity service to 262 households. Ward president Pemba said that there is a need for skilled workers because they have to do drilling and RCC to connect the bridge. The national transmission line of electricity has not reached here. Tenzing Sherpa, a local, says that the issue of taking the national transmission line was also discussed, but since it was not reliable, the village decided to repair the local product.
The rural municipality has said that the road connecting Olangchungola will be put into operation using excavators of hydropower and rural oil.
