तुहिन पुल जसबाट खसेर सयौ नदिमा बेपत्ता !
Tuins wire bridges across the deep river canyons that isolate villages in Nepal and make travel treacherous. It is also very danger for small childrens to cross the river. Many people fell down to the rivers, lost many lives. Local people do not have other choice to cross the river. Students have to struggle everyday to go to school. Watch a wire bridge in action. The bridge moves 40 to 80 adults, or 80 to 160 children per hour, safely each way across rivers up to 160 meters wide.There are more than 6,000 rivers and streams in Nepal leaving many places without any means of crossing and countless people losing their lives or injuring themselves. Due to the lack of proper or alternative means of transportation people either have to swim or use grass rope with wooden pulley or simple boats to cross the rivers.
Wire bridges (Tuin) are an indigenous technology and one of the most common structures for river crossing in rural Nepal. It usually has single wire rope, pulley and a simple wooden trolley. To cross rivers using such Tuins is dangerous and sometimes life threatening.canyons that isolate villages in Nepal and make travel treacherous. It is also very danger for childrens to cross the river. Many people fell down to the rivers, lost many lives. Local people do not have other choice to cross the river. Students have to struggle everyday to go to school. Watch a wire bridge in action.
The bridge moves 40 to 80 adults, or 80 to 160 children per hour, safely each way across rivers up to 160 meters wide.There are more than 6,000 rivers and streams in Nepal leaving many places without any means of crossing and countless people losing their lives or injuring themselves. Due to the lack of proper or alternative means of transportation people either have to swim or use grass rope with wooden pulley or simple boats to cross the rivers. Wire bridges (Tuin) are an indigenous technology and one of the most common structures for river crossing in rural Nepal. It usually has single wire rope, pulley and a simple wooden trolley. To cross rivers using such Tuins is dangerous and sometimes life threatening.
