No bridge, no market: Vegetables rot in fields after Bhotekoshi floods
Summary
Vegetables worth tens of millions of rupees are rotting in fields in Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality after the Bhotekoshi floods washed away roads and bridges. Farmers say they cannot reach markets without a bridge at Syafrubesi, leaving transport costs too high to recover their investment.
Key Points
- Farmers in Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality of Rasuwa are unable to move vegetables to market after the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods destroyed roads and bridges.
- With no bridge at Syafrubesi, produce must be trucked, carried by hand across the river, and reloaded, making transport too costly and slow.
- Around 25 percent of the vegetables in the fields have already rotted, while farmers say the rest could be lost soon if the bridge is not built.
- The World Food Programme briefly helped by airlifting 8,000 kg of vegetables to Bidur, but no further transport support has been provided.
