PEMAGATSHEL, 4 March, 2021 (TON): A Nyasikhar-Kuri Gongri road will soon be completed that would make traveling safer and convenient and would benefit 50 households from the two chiwogs.

The people Nyasikhar chiwog are eager for the new farm road as they are unhappy with a delay in the completion of the project at the deadline.

“We have an existing road from Chiphung side. But during the summer, it gets blocked frequently and gives us lots of trouble. If this road gets ready soon, we will be benefitted very much. Then it will take only 9 kilometers to reach Gongri,” said Sangay Dorji, from Nyasikhar under Chhimoong Gewog.

The new farm road which is more than nine kilometers will connect Nyasikhar chiwog with the Nganglam-Gyalpoizhing highway. It will also replace or give people a choice over the old farm road which runs through Dungmaed Gewog and is around 20 kilometers long. However, residents are upset as the project which was scheduled to be completed by the end of last year is still not yet done.

“We cannot travel or transport anything on the old road, especially in summer. We are trapped here as if we are in the prison. It will be two years in March since the project started. We are worried when it will complete,” added Dorji Gyeltshen, the Nyasikhar Tshogpa.

Meanwhile, the Gewog Administration says they looked into it. They found works got delayed as transporting fuel and construction materials were hampered when the old road got damaged. Heavy rain and unexpected issues had also disrupted works.