Bedkot (Kanchanpur), Dec 27: Locals of Laljhadi Rural Municipality in Kanchanpur have been compelled to pay costs for using wooden bridge to cross the Doda River.    
In absence of concrete bridge to cross the river, local folks have been bearing the costs for moving through the temporary wooden bridge.    

Prema Rana, a local of Shuklaphanta municipality-11, Dekhatbhuli is a teacher of Siddhabaijanath Secondary School in Laljhadi-2. Rana said she has been paying costs for using wooden bridge to cross the river.    

“We have been using the wooden bridge for years to cross the river. Now the state of bridge is also deteriorating”, she said, adding, “It is most difficult to cross the river in the rainy season”.    
The residents of Laljhadi relying on the wooden bridge over the years have also been compelled to make a risky journey through tube.    

“Years have elapsed since the promise was made for the construction of concrete bridge. When do the work get completed? There seems no preparation for this”, said Dhoke Rana, a local of Laljhadi-5. “We are compelled to cross the river by paying costs in absence of concrete bridge”, he added.    

Local people have been paying Rs 10 for using cycle tube and Rs 20 for motorbike tube to cross the river. (RSS)