Syafrubansi-Rasuwagadhi road section has been blocked for 12 days, if someone gets sick in the village, they have to call for a helicopter.
What you should know
The Syafrubansi-Rasuwagadhi road section, which carries more than 100 freight vehicles a day, is deserted at this time. Last June 24, the floods in the Lhende river washed away the bridge connecting the border, and the goods could not be delivered, so now the Rasuwagadhi customs border has also come to a standstill.
Traffic has been stopped at more than half a dozen places in Syafrubansi-Rasuwagadhi section due to flooding of Bhotekoshi. 13 days after the flood damaged the road, one-way operation was started from July 4. After 11 days, the second time on July 14, the road was washed away by the flood, and the traffic came to a standstill. Now, even after 12 days of flooding, the road has not been opened. When traffic is stopped, if someone gets sick in the village, a helicopter has to be called.
It is 16 km from Syafrubansi to Rasuwagadhi. Khadglal Shrestha, head of the Galchi-Trishuli-Mailung-Safrubensi-Rasuwagadhi road planning office, said that even the constructed road was being dug from below by Bhotekoshi. Now three machines are being deployed to open the track. Floods have damaged roads in Kuling, Chhendung, Tatopani, Timure, Ghattekhola and Rasuwagadhi sections. According to the project, there are more problems in 400 meters by making
different sections. He said that it will take time to build the road from Timure towards Rasuwagadhi because it has been washed away by floods. "This section is in a very risky geography," he said.
"Before opening the road track, the river will dig from below and cause problems, even if the road track is opened, it is not being solved permanently," he said, "Again, the amount of current in the water of Bhotekoshi is high, so the erosion work has not been stopped." "This is not an evergreen road, it is dirt," he said, "which has caused the problem." The road department said that the section from Syafrubensi to Rasuwagadhi was difficult, so the road had to be cut and constructed. He claims that the road will be built before the temporary Beilibridge bridge connecting the border is built by China.
Vijay Jaisi, director general of the road department, said that there was a problem in getting the road operational on time due to the complex geography and rain. "Bhotekoshi has cut the road in 14 places, the machine stuck in Bhir during the opening of the track has been removed after 9 days," he said, "because of the difficult section, it was difficult to work." At most, we are working to bring the road into operation within the next two weeks.
The road department says that they are working to ensure that freight vehicles can move again and again, keeping in mind the festival. Tulsi Prasad Bhattarai, Chief Customs Officer of Rasuwa Customs Office, said that although China has started building bridges, floods are causing problems. "The road that was built to bring construction materials to build the bridge was swept away by the flood, now it seems that the materials for the construction of the bridge have been washed away," he said.
Rasuwa customs post is deserted after the June flood. According to the customs office, the cargo vehicles stuck in the yard have been removed. "Four vehicles that cannot be removed are inside the yard," he said.
Two weighing bridges (Dharmakanta) used to measure the weight of cargo vehicles entering and exiting the customs yard, one on 24 June and the other on 14 July, were swept away by the flood. 11 electric vehicles have also been kept in the yard in an unusable state after being damaged by the flood. Two years ago, yard construction was started in about 58 plantations with a subsidy of 2.16 billion rupees from the Chinese government. The flood swept away when the construction was in its final stages. The Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Committee has said that it is studying to find an alternative. As the festival is approaching, as the border is closed, the businessmen are demanding that it be put into operation soon.
