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The risk of accidents has increased due to the construction of houses in the Jumla-Nagam 32 km section of the Karnali highway. There is risk of road accidents in Umgad, Tatopani, Aireni, Kudari, Triveni and Raralihi in Jumla section.
The risk of accidents has increased due to the construction of structures and construction materials on the road. Locals have been demanding immediate removal of the arbitrarily built houses around the road.
Nirajan Gautam of Tila Rural Municipality-3 said that the narrow road has increased the risk. According to him, 33 people from Triveni and Raralihi have submitted a petition to Tila rural municipality saying that road encroachment should be removed.
If the structures built on the road are not removed, they argue that accidents will happen at any time. He said that the road division office, Jumla, has been requested to remove the structures built on the road many times. Locals have said that the road should be built as drawn by the surveyor's office, Jumla. But the road division has not been able to remove the structure and no action has been taken against the encroachers.
Under the pressure of the locals, Tila rural municipality and the ward offices connected to the road have been advised many times to remove the encroaching structures. "Every time a notice is issued, but the same situation is being seen like gharatahra," said Zwarilal Bhattarai of Kudari, "the structure should be removed immediately to widen the road." He said, "Structures are being built on the road. But more than that, there is a problem because the construction materials are kept.
Chairman Motilal Rokaya said that removing road encroachment is a priority of the municipality. Due to prolonged pressure and demand, some have removed their houses. The remaining houses will also be removed soon," he said. Head of Road Division Office Dipendra Kumar Choudhary says that the locals have not cooperated in removing the houses.
We have repeatedly issued notices. But the house did not move. On the contrary, they attacked the road division office," Chief Chaudhary said. But nothing happened. According to Section 19 (3) of the Public Roads Act 2031, it is mentioned that if the houses built on the road have to be removed, the expenses incurred will be recovered from the concerned person.
division chief Chowdhury said that even the statistics of houses built inside the road by encroachment are not found in the municipality. "For this, coordination is being done with the municipalities connected to the road, but there is no data," he said. Jumlabasi insist that the 32 km road from Nagm to Jumla Khalanga should be widened.
