Rang-Rang villagers repair footpath and log bridge across Ghattey Khola

MANGAN, 16 Oct: Around 350 villagers from Rang Rang, Chandey and Ambithang today repaired the damaged footpath and log bridge across Ghattey Khola. The footpath had been extensively damaged by a landslide on 19 September and by incessant rain on 22 September when several houses here were also damaged.
Under the initiative of Nav Yuwa Samajik Sanstha, a Rang Rang based local NGO which has been formed by the villagers of these three villages, the footpath was reconstructed. The villagers here had to establish a new formation for the footpath over the slide along with constructing two new log bridges across the Ghattey Khola.
The villagers here inform that this was the second time that they have constructed the log bridge after the log bridge earlier, also constructed by them, was washed out by a landslide.
The initiative was taken since many students who have to travel from Chandey to attend school at Rang Rang JHS had to miss their classes for several days. Further, around 100 households of Chandey also depend on Rang Rang for all essential supplies.
The footpath was developed today between Upper Chandey to Ambithang.
Later, while speaking to NOW! former panchayat, MB Thapa informed that this was a temporary arrangement and the slide needs to be protected with permanent jhora training and permanent footpath needs to be established with some RCC bridge for which the concerned authority should look into the matter.