What you should know
Even on Monday, the means of transport could not operate in the Hewa river section of Panchthar under the Mechi highway.
Due to the obstruction of the Hewa River, which separates the border between Fidim Municipality and Hilihang Rural Municipality located in the Panchthar section of this highway, the transport and transportation facilities are not able to operate in this section .
The flood that occurred on Saturday night in the Hewa River crossed the level of diversion and after the stones and sand blocked the Hirum pipe, the traffic in this area was affected .
After the blockage in the river, the travelers who were traveling from Jhapa to Panchthar via Taplejung and Taplejung along with Hilihang Yangwarak of Panchthar and 1 and 2 areas of Phalelung to various places via headquarters Fidim had to suffer.
Passengers coming from Taplejung side are walking steep road from Bharpa Puchar, crossing the suspension bridge, going up and down, coming to W Golai and boarding the vehicle and leaving for the destination .
In the same way, the travelers walking from Fidim to Taplejung are found traveling to their destination after reaching Bharpa Puchar through the footpath from Golai.
Due to non-operation of transport, senior citizens, pregnant women and sick people have been killed a lot .
Even though the road division Ilam will open the Awarud road on Monday afternoon, the excavator working in the river has not been able to make progress, informed Dambar Mishra, an employee of the division. Similarly, he said that when the work started to reopen the road in the evening, the work was stopped when there was a flood. Once in the afternoon, vehicles and transport vehicles were forcibly confiscated from the river.
