Roadways Transportation In Nepal

Among the various means of transportation,Roadways is the major means in Nepal.Nepal has made considerable progress in roadways as it is the cheapest means of  transport compared to other means that are available in our country.There are several highways which link to different parts of the country. Some of the important highways among our roads are as follows:

1. Mahendra Highway also known as East-West highway which links Mechi-Mahakali runs across the terai geographical region of Nepal from mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west.It is the longest highway in Nepal which was constructed by CPWD/PWD India engineers with lots of their workers.
2.The construction of Prithvi Highway which links  Naubise-Pokhara was started in 1967 with the help of Chinese government.It is named after King Prithvi Narayan Shah on his memory.
3.Tribhuwan Highway informally known as Byroad which links Naubise ,west of Kathmandu with the Indian border at Raxaul.This highway was named in memory of King Tribhuvan.The highway was constructed with the assistance of Indian government.
4.Siddhartha Highway is a major highway in Nepal  which links Pokhara-Sunauli (Bhairahawa).It was named in the memory of Siddhartha Gautam(Gautam Buddha) and its construction was completed with the help of Indian government.This highway is mainly used for the transportation of food and agricultural products.
5.Araniko Highway which links  Kathmandu-Kodari is among the most dangerous roadway in Nepal because of its extremely steep slopes on each sides of its road.Its constructon was completed with the help of chinese governmnet on an older yak track.This highway is named after Arniko ,a Nepalese architect.
6. B.P. Koirala Highway,also known as Banepa Bardibas Highway which links Banepa-Bardiwas (Mahottari) is a highway in Eastern Nepal.The construction of this highway was completed with the help of Japnese Government.
7.Karnali Highway,a vital transport link between two regions in Nepal,links the towns of Jumla,the capital of Karnali and Surkhet.  

            Besides these major highways,there are some  other highways which are Pokhara-Baglung Highway, Tansen-Tamghas Highway, Gorusinge-Sandhikharka Highway,Nepalgunj-Surkhet,Highway, Kathmandu-Jiri Highway,Kathmandu-Dhading Highway, Ilam-Taplejung Highway, etc. Apart from these local highways, mule-trails and foot-trails are also developing

in different parts of the country along with people’s participation.

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Condition Of Transportation In Nepal

As we all know that Nepal is a poor country,as it is in its developing stage,it has not been able to make any advance development in its transportation system.Still now more than  50% of the people live in the rural areas which are not so developed,they still have a traditional lifestyle as compared to the people living in the urban areas such as towns and cities which are much more developed than the rural areas. There is a vast difference in the education system as well.People living in the urban areas are much more educated and are aware of the public development and contribute towards the national development.People living there are facing lots of problems,whenever a person becomes ill they have to go the cities or towns for their treatment and there are no enough means of transportation available there so people have to walk for long distances to reach to the place where there are health facilities even for the small treatment.In some serious cases, it may even lead to the death of people because they cannot take the patients in right time to the hospital which is also due to the lack of transportation facility.So the government must focus on the development of rural areas including the urban areas ,and provide every facilities to the people living over there because for the complete development oa a nation,it is necessary to take all the people living both in  rural and the urban areas at an equal level. 

                       

The various systems of transportthat are available nowadays.They are roadways, airways, waterways, railways and ropeways out Of which,Nepal has mainly  developed two means of transport: Roadways and Airways.But Nepal has still not made a satisfactory development in transportation sector,it is still poor in transport.There are two main reasons for it:physical feature and economic backwardness of the country. As we know Nepal is a mountainous country,there are high mountains, hills,deep valleys and rivers so building roads in such places is very difficult and challenging.Besides,Nepal is a landlocked country so sea-route i.e Waterways is not available.Also due to the poor economic condition of the country,it is difficult to meet the high expenses of constructing roads.We have to depend upon other countries’ assistance for major roads.So people living in the mountains still use animals like yaks, ponies, sheep, etc.to carry goods for their comfortness.Even in the rural areas of the terai bullock carts, horses, bicycles, etc. are used for transportation.The natural disasters like flood, landslide,soil erosion, etc.occur frequently and damage our roads and bridges which causes extra loss because these roads needs reconstruction which causes the loss of money which may be utilised in building roads on other places.So,transportation sector needs to be given more emphasis for the further development of country because as  we all know that other infrastructures of development such as education,health,water facilty etc also depends on it. 

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Transportation System In Nepal

As we all know transportation is the main infrastructure of any  country's development,so for the development of the country first of all the focus should be given on the infrastructures of which transportation is the main.Transportation means carrying people and goods from one place to another which has become very important both in our daily life and in the process of national development.We cannot walk long distances on foot nor can we carry heavy loads on our back.Various means of transportation has made our life more easier nowdays.Other infrastructures of development also depend on the development of transport.The development of schools for education or hospitals for health services for people,we need the means of transportation such as trucks,tractors or dozers to carry brick, stone, sand, cement, etc.Man is a social animal who has social relations  with other people who live  near or  far from them.People have to go to distant places in search of better job so that they can fulfill the needs of their family members.They need to go home in their holidays to meet and spend quality time with their family so the means of transportation has made it possible,they can reach distant places in short time.Besides this,as many technologies have developed , our requirements have also increased tremendously.We need to import and export goods,here also lies the importance of transport.

Previously there were no any means of transport like buses,trains,bykes,scooties not even cycle.People had to walk for days and months to reach the places they want.So even for a small work or to reach next place far from them ,lots of time was wasted.After some years people used various animals  like ponies, yaks, elephants, donkeys, tongas, wheelbarrows, bullock-carts, rickshaws etc as a means of transport which were very slow even though it made their life somewhat easier.Nowadays the fast means of transport like motorcycles,zeeps, cars, trains, ships, helicopters, aeroplanes, rockets, etc.have been developed .Some of them run on the road, some sail on water and some fly in the sky.So, the various means of transport that are available in our country are Roadways,Airways,Railways,Ropeways etc.Transport has made the world smaller and our life has become easier.It has helped to grow friendliness with other countries.Internal trade and overseas trade have increased.It also have some bad effect,fast means of transport like aeroplanes and rockets are used to drop bombs during wars,destroying human settlements and killing innocent civilians.This is a misuse of transport.Similarly many people are killed or injured when heavy accidents occur in the transport sector.

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