Banke –“We should cross the Rapti River to purchase daily consumptive goods. Motorway is fragile; there is no cemented bridge over Rapti; means of transportation are not operational. Rainy season is quite painful”, said Bharat Budhathoki, a local of Raptisonari rural municipality-1, Khokari.
With this, the seven villages of the area – Baseri, Duweri, Sunaha, Bhamka, Amuwa, Bhawanipur and Sunkhare have not been only detached from district headquarters but also the local market.
Two suspension bridges constructed over the Rapti River are also not convenient so that the locals have to walk for hours to reach Kusum Bazaar.
“Our local market is Kusum. We need to walk several hours to reach Kusum Bazaar because of inconvenience of the suspension bridge”, Budhathoki said, adding, “The means of transportations would have been smoothly run had there been cemented bridge over the river. It would be much easier for locals”.
The motorway has been already constructed in a way to link all these seven villages but absence of bridge over Rapti has troubled the villagers much. ---
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