Bhotekoshi Flood Highlights Need for New Bridge Engineering Standards

Kathmandu. The flood in the Bhotekoshi on August 26 not only washed away 37 bridges in an instant, along with billions of rupees of state investment, but also exposed the flaws in our old engineering style of building bridges with pillars in the middle of the river. This disaster has sparked a serious debate about what kind of bridges are currently in use in Nepal and what kind should be built in the future.

This disaster in the Bhotekoshi is not just a normal incident of cement and iron structures collapsing. It has sent a clear message that the traditional style of building bridges with pillars in the middle of the river will no longer work in Nepal.

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