Walking HuMLA

    Walking Humla……………………..
I still remember the first lecture of my transportation engineering class of BE where my respected teacher Mr. Mohan Dhoj KC began with the importance of transportation for overall socio-economic development of the community. I couldn’t agree any less with his view and every other person in the class would totally agree with the importance of transportation facilities for overall development.
 Being born in Damauli, district headquarter of Tanahun and moving to Kathmandu, The capital city for higher education I didn’t face any difficulties in travelling as there was perfect black topped road connecting Damauli and Kathmandu. This might probably justifies my indifference with the situation that a community/ district has to bear in absence of transportation until I travel to Humla as part of my job duty station. Humla is one of the 2 remaining district of Nepal without any road linked with National transport network of the country. I had to travel via air from Nepajgunj to reach district headquarter, Simkot.
Well nature has done every bit in making Simkot a paradise however living there is not easy as living cost is very high since you have to pay up to tHree Folds higher price than the marked price for purchasing food and other stuffs of daily needs since all these items reach there via air or via Mule from Mugu in absence of road. Well my travel didn’t end at Simkot & I had to travel for another 2 days to reach my duty station, Darma VDC of Humla. Travelling here is full of risk as there is chance of boulder falling from uphill and at some location track is very narrow and I bet you don’t want to look down as there is scary enormous karnali flowing downwards.
Nevertheless, I am very happy to come to this place as now I can fully relate how lack of transport facilities affect every component of development of society from education to health to electricity. Also I understand how important it is to incorporate these remote areas into mainstream for achieving the overall development of country in true sense. Karnali is still waiting to give its energy to the people but due to No Road Scenario it’s like almost Mission imPossible. Further there are BreathTaking places within district which holds a very good potential in developing as tourist Centre but again lack of transportation has become a major constraint. Due to Lack of road the society here has not been able to gain motion, many superstition like Chaupadi, Untouchability, Going to Dhami for curing illness etc. still exists here while some other society is exploring the possibility life in another planet. Further purchasing stuffs of daily need by paying three folds higher price is not justice to people of Humla. And Sometimes people lose their life to minor curable disease just because they do not have access to good health facilities at nearby location.
Progress of Karnali corridor is good thing but not enoUgh. GoN shouldn’t Waste decade to integrate Humla in national transport network. GoN should exPedite works so that we could proudly reduce the no of district without road to ZERO.

With my tenure in Humla ending on coming Dashain, I am really hopeful that I will travel via buS next time I visit Humla.

Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 23, 2016 at 8:58 PM

    Nice..
    In the landlocked country like Nepal, Road is the basic infrastructure for economic prosperity, strategic movement in emergency, to maintain better law and order and general development of a community. Government should be well known that the development of urban centers alone doesn't indicate the overall development of the country.

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  2. UnknownJuly 23, 2016 at 10:24 PM

    Its the practical field visit and the practicality of the situation, the first hand notes regarding the topics that has made this article worth reading. Kudos to the writer who brought the real life scenario into writing.

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