GORKHA, March 24 -- As soon as he assumed office in September 2015, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli made a promise to replace all the improvised cable crossings known as tuin in the country would be replaced with suspension bridges. He said that tuins, which putt people's lives at risk, would become extinct within two years. Though tuins disappeared from some places during this period, in some areas, they remain the means for crossing the river. And as such a lot of people in Gorkha are still waiting for the government to fulfil its pledge.

Two major suspension bridges that connect Gorkha with Prithvi Highway are in limbo after contractors left work midway. Incomplete construction of these suspension bridges has been forcing hundreds of pe...