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Kathmandu Thursday May 31, 2001 Jestha 18, 2058.
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Biratnagar in dire need of
sewerage system
Post Report
MORANG, May 30 - All the roads in Biratnagar,
the second city in the country, are covered with water before the start of the rainy
season due to lack of proper road and sewerage system.
The city was lashed by continued rainfall over
the last one week with the result that almost all the roads are covered with water, thus
affecting the pedestrians and even those who use rickshaws, bicycles and vehicles.
Pedestrians cannot walk in the area from
Tinpaini to Jaljala Mod and in all the roads in front of Shiva Mandir and behind it.
Mayor of Biratnagar, Ramesh Chandra Poudel, says
the city office was finding it difficult to develop the sewerage system, footpaths and
roads due to lack of budget.
The budget of the office is generally utilised
in building roads only with the onset of rainy season.
Construction of the 1.8 kilometre-long sewerage
and the footpath has been initiated from Tinpaini to Jaljala Mod, the main road of the
city, at a cost of Rs 7,000,000. Almost half a foot deep water is collected all along the
road and the pits already dug out are filled up with water posing risk of drowning. The
water collected in the pits poses risk even to rickshaw pullers, motorcycles and vehicles.
As people cannot move in this section of the
road, local businessmen have no customers over the last one week.
Mayor Poudel said construction of sewerage
system and roads have begun in all the 22 wards with the limited budget at the disposal of
the city to address some of the problems being faced by the people. These works are
scheduled to be completed in six months.
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