Kathmandu, Oct. 30 -- Farmers in Aamachhodingmo Rural Municipality of Rasuwa district are struggling to get their vegetables to market more than two months after the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods washed away roads and bridges. With no bridge at Syafrubesi, vegetables worth tens of millions of rupees are piling up in fields, with some already rotting. Farmers say transport costs have become so high that even selling small quantities is often unprofitable.

The loss of road links has disrupted the supply chain. Of the eight trucks stranded in the area after the floods, some have been brought back into operation to carry limited quantities of vegetables to Syafrubesi. But from there, the produce must be carried by hand across the Bhotekoshi ri...