The 35-km track of the Lasicap-Sisaul section of the Bheri Corridor, a strategic road connecting Nepal, India and China, is yet to be opened, while work on the 25-km Dunai-Lasicap section is slowing down.
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The Bheri Corridor, whose construction began in 2065 BS with the aim of connecting Dolpa to the national road network, has not yet been completed.
The corridor has not been completed due to the non-construction of the Dunai-Lasicap and Lasicap-Sisaul road sections under the Bheri Corridor.
In 2075 Mangsir, Dolpa headquarters Dunai was connected to the national road network. The construction work of the road from Dunai to Sisaul has been in limbo for years. The 35-kilometer track of Lasicap-Sisaul under the corridor is yet to be opened. The Lasicap-Sisaul section is currently limited to Goreto.
Since the section is mountainous, the people's representatives here have been taking the initiative for years to hand over the responsibility to the Nepali Army. The work has been in limbo since the government has not decided to hand over the road section to the army. 'There have been efforts to hand over this section to the army for a long time.' However, the army has not been able to take over the responsibility due to the lack of a decision from the Council of Ministers,' said Sunil Ranjitkar, head of the Bheri Corridor Office, Jajarkot.
According to him, even though the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Home and Defense had sent an opinion to the Council of Ministers a year ago to give the responsibility to the army, the work of opening the track has not been started due to the lack of a decision. 'Since there are large cliffs, it is not possible to open the track without blasting in this section. That is why it would have been easier for the army to start the work if the government had made a decision sooner,' he said.
According to Dhan Bahadur Budha, an outgoing MP from Dolpa and former minister, he said that despite many initiatives to give the responsibility of opening the track of the road from Lasi Cap to Sisaul to the army, there was no hearing. 'Since this section has a hard rocky terrain, it is not easy to open the track except by the army.' The army team
It has been two years since the Ministry of Defense sent the report to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure for its opinion. The Ministry of Defense has sent a letter with its opinion to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure. However, no decision has been made yet,’ said Budha, ‘It took five years to pass the environmental impact assessment report for this section. Despite drawing the government’s attention many times, there was no hearing.’
A 40-kilometer track has already been opened from Morimla to Tinje Dho to Sisaul. Karnali Province’s Physical Infrastructure Minister Sher Bahadur Budha and provincial MP and former minister Bir Bahadur Shahi have repeatedly drawn the attention of the provincial government in the relevant house to give the responsibility of constructing the remaining section to the army.
According to the Bheri Corridor Office, Jajarkot, the Bheri Corridor falls under the Bheri Corridor. The total length of the road from Chhinchu to Morimla is 317 kilometers. The total length from Pasagaard in Jajarkot to Dunai is 118 kilometers.
Sher Bahadur Budha, President of Civil Society Dolpa, says that the state has been indifferent to the fact that the Bheri Corridor has not been completed even after eight years since the road reached Dunai. He said that due to the non-opening of this road, the residents of the three local levels of Upper Dolpa have not been able to use facilities such as transportation, education, health, communication.
Work on the 25-kilometer Dunai-Lasicap section is slow
The construction of the 25-kilometer road from the district headquarters Dunai to Lasicap under Kaike Rural Municipality is underway. The section is being constructed with a budget of Rs 110 million from the Bheri Corridor Office. However, locals of Kaike Rural Municipality complained that the work is progressing at a slow pace. Locals complain that the work has been delayed, sometimes citing land disputes and sometimes due to the rains.
Surya/Shreya/Shanti JV Construction had taken the responsibility of completing the construction within four years. The contract is expiring in Chaitra. According to Moti Prasad Budha, sub-engineer of the Bheri Corridor Office, Jajarkot, not even 50 percent of the work has been completed in that section.
Construction entrepreneur Dhubrakumar Shahi said that although the agreement was to complete the construction work within four years, about two and a half years have been spent in the process of purchasing explosives. He said that only the steep area in this section is left to work. 'In between, there are two large steep areas of 500 meters and one kilometer. So far, only seven blasts have been carried out. There is a stock of explosives for the remaining work. We are trying to speed up the work as much as possible,' Shahi said.
The Bheri Corridor in Karnali Province is a project of strategic importance. This road connects China and India, so it is also important from a commercial perspective. If this road is completed, Dolpa's products will easily find a market and tourism activities will increase, opening up avenues for local income. Locals expect an increase in the number of tourists to Shephoksundo Lake, Jagdulla Lake, Suligard Waterfall, Charka Bhot, and Tripurasundari Temple.
Due to the incompleteness of the Bheri Corridor, residents of three local levels in Upper Dolpa, namely Dolpobuddha, She-Phoksundo, and Charkatangsong, are deprived of basic services. Due to the lack of roads, they are forced to walk for a week to the district headquarters. They are deprived of basic services such as education, health, roads, electricity, and communication.
Due to the lack of roads, Upper Dolpali has faced the most problems in terms of health care, said Pemma Chhewang Gurung, a youth from Dolpobuddha Rural Municipality. ‘It has been years since the road reached the district headquarters, Dunai.’ However, there is no plan to build a road to Upper Dolpa. As a result, Upper Dolpali has had to spend lakhs on treatment,’ he said. ‘Many people have even sold their homes and farms to charter helicopters in case of accidents and emergencies. The main reason why some people died prematurely due to lack of timely treatment is the lack of roads.'
Along with this, he said, the residents of Upper Dolpa have also been deprived of communication and electricity services. Due to the lack of roads, the residents of Upper Dolpa have complained that they have to pay high prices even for transporting essential commodities such as rice and salt.
