Narayanghat-Butwal Road Section to be Expanded into Four Lanes

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Narayanghat-Butwal Road Section to be Expanded into Four Lanes

March 24: The expansion of Butwal-Narayanghat road section of the Mahendra Highway officially kicked off on Friday (March 22) with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli laying the foundation stone of the road expansion project.

The 114 kilometer road section which has currently to lanes will be expanded into six lanes in the settlement areas and four lanes in the forest areas.

The expansion is taking place with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank.

During the function, PM Oli said that a ‘great campaign’ of development has begun in the country.

“We have started a campaign of development. This campaign will not stop now,” said PM Oli, adding, “The next five years is the time for construction and expansion of roads. After five years, we will focus on tunnels.”

Sagar Poudel, director at the ADB’s Road Department Project Directorate, said that China State Construction Company has been given the contract to expand the road.

The road will be constructed in two phases. In the first phase, construction of the 65-kilometer Narayanghat-Daunne road section will take place while the remaining 49-kilometers of Daunne-Butwal road section will be expanded in the second phase.

The total cost of the project is estimated to be Rs 15 billion.

 

 

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