SOLUKHUMBU, Sept 23 : Hopes of the people from Solukhumbu to visit home this Dashain has been scattered as Fhaplu Airport is not going to operate any flights during the festive week.
Had the task of black topping the runway completed by now, the locals wouldn´t have to confront this unfortunate situation, said Dawagelu Parkin, a representative of M. K. Khani & C. M Joint Venture, which is renovating the airstrip. [break]
“We would have completed the work on time but the prolonged rainfall played the spoil sport,” Pakrin added.
Nabin Basnet, a local resident, said that thousands of locals have been affected. Basnet, who is originally from Salyan VDC-9, was planning to book an air ticket to Kathmandu.
Local Development Officer (LDO) Mukti Ram Bhattarai himself is compelled to charter a helicopter.