Kaligandaki corridor road cuts travel time, eases lives

Residents near the Kaligandaki river in Baglung, Parbat and Gulmi now have direct access to the national road network.

About a year and a half ago, Sujata Thapa, a resident of ward 1 of Jaimini Municipality-1 in Baglung district had to visit Butwal of Rupandehi district for personal work. To get there, she took a three-hour bus ride on a 21 km rural road to reach the Baglung district headquarters. She stayed overnight at Baglung Bazar and caught a bus for Butwal the next morning. At the time, people like Thapa had no alternative but to take the longer route through Pokhara and Syangja to reach Butwal.