Karnali Province still reports 50 tuins, Humla alone has 15

Surkhet, July 21: Irrespective of the adoption of policy to remove tuin, a ropeway used for crossing river, Karnali Province has reported as many as 50 tuins still in operation in its 7 districts.

Senior Divisional Engineer at the Physical Infrastructure and Urban Development Ministry of Karnali Province, Ramesh Subedi, said there are 50 such manually operated traditional ropeways in the province. 

The information about tuin was collected as per the plan to construct suspension bridges to replace the traditional ropeways. The Ministry received the details of tuins from seven out of 10 districts in the province.

As per the data, Humla has the highest number of tuins, 15. There are six tuins over Karnali River in Humla. Similarly, there are 12 tuins in Kalikot, 12 in Jajarkot, two in Dailekh and Mugu each, three in Dolpa and eight in Surkhet. 

However, the data of tuins from Salyan, Jumla and Rukum West has not been received.  The Karnali Province government has adopted a policy to make Karnali tuin-free in the current fiscal year and allocated Rs 15 million budget for the same, said Spokesperson of the Ministry, Subedi.  (RSS)