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Eighteen small and big bridges will be built in the eastern part. “But only 3.5 percent progress has been made so far,” said Subedi.Īccording to him, the road widening work will gather momentum now as 95 percent of the trees have been felled in the eastern part. “Efforts are on to shift the structures of those drinking water projects in coordination with the local consumer committees,” said Paudel.Īnother Chinese company, Communication Construction, signed the contract for the construction of the eastern section of the Aanbuukhaireni-Jamune road section on April 15, 2021.Īccording to Narendra Subedi, head of the eastern section of the road project, 17 percent of the contract amount was issued as advance to the contractor at the start of the project and the target was to complete 15 percent of the work in the first year. Work was affected by the delay in shifting water pipes and other structures of several drinking water projects and cutting down trees on the roadside.Īccording to Poudel, there are around 30 drinking water projects from Jamune to Seti River Bridge. The road project claims that various obstacles have delayed the road widening work. According to him, 12 bridges will be constructed on the western part. The compensation will be provided to other households soon,” said Paudel. “Around Rs 4 million compensation has been distributed to 42 households so far. According to Paudel, the road project has approved a budget of Rs20.45 million to pay compensations for the structures to be demolished.

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The completion deadline for the upgrade and widening work has been set for fiscal year 2028-29.įor road expansion, 138 physical structures, including houses and sheds should be demolished except for the Khairenitar market area on the western part. Work on just a three-kilometre section has been completed so far although approximately 95 percent of the tree felling work has been completed, he added. And currently, the rainy season has hampered the work,” said Poudel. Also, due to the pandemic, equipment and workers from China could not be brought to the site. “Soon after the work had started, it was the festival season and we could not mobilise the workers. Six percent of the work was to be completed in a year in the western part, but actual progress has been just around one percent, said Narayan Poudel, an engineer with the western part of the road widening project.Įven though the contract was signed in May, the work was started only from mid-August, according to him. The Department of Roads Project Directorate signed a contract for the construction of the western section with the construction company on May 17, 2021. The contract for the construction of the eastern part has been given to the Chinese Communication Construction Company at a cost of Rs 6.21 billion and the western part to another Chinese company Yanhui Kaiyun Highway and Bridge Construction at a cost of Rs 7.4 billion.Īn important section of the Prithvi Highway, the lifeline of the Gandaki Province, the Muglin-Pokhara road section is 88 km out of which the Aanbukhaireni-Pokhara section covers 80 km. The road widening work along the 80km section is underway by dividing it into two parts-Aanbukhaireni-Jamune (41km) is the eastern part and the Jamune-Pokhara (39km) the western part.

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