Bailey bridge at Betrawati restores road connectivity with Rasuwa

Nuwakot / Oct 11: The road connectivity with Rasuwa district, which was disrupted since August 26 Bhotekoshi flood, has been restored with the installation of a bailey bridge on Sunday.

The pre-fabricated truss bridge was fixed by the Nepali Army at Betrawati. It has established the road connection from Nuwakot to Rasuwa, thereby easing transportation activities.

The devastating flood occurred in Bhotekoshi-Trishuli rivers had washed away two motorable bridges- at Bidur Municipality-10) and at Uttargaya Rural Municipality-5.

Major General Anup Jung Thapa of the Nepali Army informed RSS that with the operation of the bailey bridge, people’s movement has been eased in Nuwakot and Rasuwa districts. Transportation of goods, including relief items to the flood-affected areas will be speeded up with it. It took five days for a Nepali Army squad to fix the bridge over the Phalakhu stream at Betrawati.

“After the floods swept away the access road, there was no route to reach Betrawati,” Major General Thapa said. The NA cleared the tough rocky terrain of 300-metre Agingtar-Betrawati stretch in close coordination with the Department of Roads so that access road could be restored and a bailey bridge fixed over the Phalakhu stream, he added.

Even a technical report has been handed over to Krishna Nath Ojha, chief of the Road Project Office for Nuwakot and Rasuwa, mentioning the construction details.

According to Nepali Army spokesperson Brigadier General Rajaram Basnet, the newly installed bridge has the bearing capacity of 40 tons. It is 73.2 metre long and 5.5 metre wide. RSS