KATHMANDU When Rupy Singh's husband fell ill late one night recently, getting him to a hospital should have been simple. Instead, her niece had to drive all the way from Thapathali just to bring a car in. The road outside their home in Bhaisepati had been dug up months ago and never fixed. Mr. Singh was admitted to a hospital, where he required oxygen and further treatment. 'I had a premonition something like this would happen,' Singh said. 'And then it did.' The road from Harihar Temple to Magar Gaun in Ward No. 18 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City has been in this state for about three months. Workers came to lay drainage pipes and dug the entire stretch up. Residents were barely warned. 'In the morning, they just told us to take our cars out because they were going to start digging,' Singh said. 'That was it. We didn't even know what they were digging for.' The construction was never completed. With both ends of the road excavated and monsoon rains setting in, the exposed soil turned into deep, slippery mud. Vehicles cannot get through. Walking is dangerous. Singh, who runs a school and commutes daily, says she has nearly fallen multiple times on her way in and out. 'I am taking a risk with my life every time I walk out,' she said. Incidents have been piling up. A car got stuck right outside Singh's gate and had to be pushed free by neighbours. At least one motorcyclist has skidded and overturned on the stretch, and residents say there have been other similar accidents. Singh has repeatedly approached the local society committee, but says she has been told the municipality ran out of budget. A meeting is expected in about ten days, after which a tender process would follow. She is not willing to wait. 'We are paying taxes. You can't just dig everything up and leave us like this,' she said. 'This is an emergency. Why wait for something bigger to happen?' Singh has sent a letter to the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers urging immediate instructions to the Ward No. 18 office to level the road and complete the drainage installation. She has also been trying to mobilise her neighbours, though few have responded. 'Nepalis hesitate to complain. I don't understand why. But I will keep pushing,' she said. There is no confirmed date for when the work will resume.