Fresh flood in Trishuli sweeps away suspension bridge

Gorkha: A fresh flood in the Trishuli River swept away a suspension bridge today.

The bridge connects Ghyalchowk of Gandaki Rural Municipality-8 in Gorkha with Charaudi along the Prithvi Highway. The flood which lasted for around three hours swept away the bridge at around 11:30 am, said a local Binod Naharki.

With the flood washing away the infrastructure of public transportation, residents of Gandaki Rural Municipality 7 and 8 have lost their easy access to the Prithvi Highway. The bridge served as a major accessible route for around 400 households of Ghyalchowk to transport their dairy products and vegetables to the agricultural cooperative in Charaundi.

Now, farmers in the area will be unable to supply their produce to Charaudi.

Prior to this, the devastating flood on August 26 had swept away a bridge at Dhawadighat, some distance downstream from here. Locals had been also using the Ghyalchowk-Charaudi Bridge as an alternative to the Dhwadighat Bridge.

The 130-metre Ghyalchowk-Charaudi bridge was constructed just six years ago, locals said. With this, the Trishuli flood has so far washed way three suspension bridges.

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