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Jan 2, 2015-Following the government’s decision to move ahead with the construction of the much-awaited Sulichaur-Thawang road project in the district through tender process, the Nepal Army (NA) has crossed off the project from its list of priorities. Following the cessation of the decade-long conflict, locals had been requesting NA, deployed in the district for poll security, to take on the construction project.
“The locals of Thawang and adjoining areas have submitted written requests, time and again, asking us to construct the road,” said Battalion Commander Binod Chand of the Devidutt Battalion of Nepal Army at Rolpa.
Hinting that the government seems to be less concerned about the project being headed by the army, one of the officers at NA in Rolpa said on condition of anonymity that they cannot do anything about it without the approval of government. In the absence of road facilities, locals of Thawang are compelled to walk at least two days just to reach district headquarters to avail government services like making citizenship certificate, registering birth, death and marriage, among others.
Stating that seriously ill patients were the most affected due to NA’s pull out from the road project, local Resham Kumar Shah of Thawang said that they could have easy access to the Capital and other parts of the country if the road were to be completed on time.