HoR meeting: Stress on maintenance of suspension bridge in Karnali

Kathmandu,: A parliamentarian has called for the earliest maintenance of suspension bridge in Karnali Province, stating that local residents in Dailekh and Achham districts had been facing sheer inconvenience in movement.

In the emergency time of the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting today, Sita Kumari Rana shared that Dailekh District Administration Office had decided to shut down schools within the district due to risks of broken suspension bridge.

Rana, a representative of Dailekh district in Karnali Province, expressed her concern that the decision had badly affected students' study. Recently, 13 mules were trapped in the suspension bridge due to its sorry state.

A steel wire rope used in the bridge was snapped. Rana cautioned that human casualties could occur if the bridge is not repaired on time. "The government should repair the suspension bridge at the earliest, sending a technical team," she insisted, warning that natural disasters could further aggravate situation there."The local residents in Karnali should feel the presence of government," she asserted.