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.
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