Nine years on, Bahrakilo-Barpak road upgrade remains stalled. Locals suffer

Frustrated residents demand urgent completion blaming contractors and government for continued inaction.

Road upgrade work from Bahrakilo to Barpak, the epicentre of the Gorkha earthquake in 2015, began nearly nine years ago. But the 46-kilometre stretch from Bahrakilo in ward 11 of Gorkha Municipality to Barpak in ward 1 of the Barpark-Sulikot Rural Municipality has not yet been completed, leaving the local people in hardship.