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The
Thumka TarPul provides much needed access to the ninety some Chepang
families dwelling in the hills just north of the Prithivi highway
which runs between Kathmandu and Pokhara. These tribal people depend
primarily on agriculture for their livelihood, and are especially
disadvantaged in terms of social status, income, education, health,
and nutrition. Before the construction of the TarPul, their only
means of transportation to the highway and other facilities was
via an extremely dangerous tween. Just days before the contract
for the TarPul was complete, an uncle of one of the village representatives
fell to his death in the Trisuli River from this very tween. At
the inaugurational ceremony, this man's daughter was one of the
first to ride across in the new TarPul.
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