Steel truss motorable bridge completed at Kharpu on the Karnali Corridor

Construction of a steel truss motorable bridge over the Karnali river at Dojam in Kharpu, Kharpunath Rural Municipality-5, Humla, has been completed.

The bridge was built by the Hilsa-Simkot Road Project under the Karnali Corridor. According to project engineer Kushal Bhusal, the work was completed four and a half years after the agreement with Swachchhanda Mount Pumori JV, Nuwakot.

After the project repeatedly pressed the company, it worked from morning until evening and completed construction within the extended deadline. Structures on both sides of the bridge have been built, and the installation of the necessary steel parts has also been completed. Gabion work to protect the bridge from river erosion has also been finished on both sides.