Raskot municipality leaves its vehicle stranded on road for over six months

By Prem Raj Simkhada, Kalikot, Dec. 15: Raskot Municipality has left its vehicle stranded on the road for over six months.

The government vehicle with registration number Ba 1 Jha 6422 has been left unattended at Jhamla bend along Surkhet Jumla road section in Khandachakra Municipality-2.

As the municipality has failed to protect its asset, the glass of the vehicles is broken while many of its parts are found to have been rotten or taken away.

The chief of the municipality who assumed office after the local level election in May had been using the vehicle before it broke down.

The vehicle was left stranded on the road when it broke down at Jhamla bend while returning from Surkhet.

The municipality officials had earlier responded that it would repair the vehicle and bring it to use after the news was published in the Gorkhapatra about the negligence on the municipality’s part to take care of the old vehicles.

But, six months have elapsed since the publication of the news and the municipality’s commitment to repair the vehicle. However, the vehicle has been left stranded still on the roadside at Jhamla bend along the Surkhet Jumla road section.