Flood-destroyed Khurkot Bailey bridge restored, bringing relief to cut-off communities

September 28 flooding in the Sunkoshi river had severed the vital link, cutting off Ramechhap, Dolakha, Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts from Tarai.

Sobha Thapa was eagerly waiting to cross the Sunkoshi river on Ramechhap side in Khurkot. She was carrying her baby in lap. She had to go to her home in Sindhulimadhi, the district headquarters of Sindhuli, from her maternal home at Betini of Manthali Municipality in Ramechhap. Thapa expected that the authorities would allow crossing the river through the Bailey bridge installed by the Nepal Army (NA).