Roads to Tibet dragging in the slow lane

Years of delays and funds crunch have left Dunai-Lasikyap-Sisaul-Dho-Tinje road in Dolpa and Gamgadhi-Nakchenagla road in Mugu incomplete.

Sanduk Tamang from ward 3 of Dolpobuddha Rural Municipality has to walk three days to reach Dunai, the district headquarters of Dolpa. The return journey takes just as many days or even more. Although the 56-year-old could reach Marimla on the Nepal-China border in a day, he has no choice but to climb down to Dunai to buy food grains and other essentials as the Chinese border remains closed.