Track from Byas to Khalanga yet to be built despite government assurances

The federal, provincial and local governments claim to have resumed an old horse track on the Nepal side this year but locals say otherwise.

A few months ago, some government officials and political party leaders reached Chhangru and Tinkar—the remote high altitude settlements in Darchula’s Byas Rural Municipality—and assured the locals that they will connect the settlements to Khalanga, the district headquarters, via a horse track this year.