Children
in Dhaing Village, Nepal have to pull themselves across this terrifying cable
bridge every day in order to get themselves to and from class. Not only
children but also adults who have no choice. It is a lifeline for the
residents, who face danger every day in order to go shopping for basic
amenities or meet friends and family who live on the other side of the Trishuli
River.
The
villagers have to sit in either a basic loop of fabric or a small ramshackle
wooden crate and operate the flimsy cable by hand. Crossers have lost fingers
operating these cables, while in 2010, five people fell into the Trishuli River
after a cable snapped & passed away.
Nepal's
Prime Minister KP Oli recently announced a plan to replace the dangerous cable
crossings with suspension bridges in the surrounding area but in the meantime
Dhaing residents have no choice but to continue transportating themselves using
these ropes.
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