Traffic police officers with speed cameras will issue fines on the spot to drivers who exceed the posted speed limit.
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Vehicles will be allowed to drive at a speed of 40 to 80 km/h on the Butwal-Narayangadh road under the Mahendra Highway. Vehicles will be allowed to drive at this speed in places where construction is completed. Although the construction of this road section is 81 percent complete, the flat areas are almost complete.
According to Chudaraj Dhakal, Chief Engineer of the Road Project Directorate, the speed limit has been set at 80 km/h on straight and flat areas and 60 km/h in market areas and places where the highway crosses (crossings). On the Daunne Uphill, a rule has been set that vehicles cannot drive at more than 40 km/h, which is about 14 kilometers between Dumkibas and Bardaghat.
Signs indicating that vehicles can drive at speeds of 80, 60 and 40 km/h have been put up at various places. For that, work is being done to draw yellow signs on both sides of the highway and white signs (dharsa) in the middle.
Traffic policemen with speed guns will fine drivers who exceed the speed limit. District Traffic Police Kushal Bartaula informed that after the speed limit has been set, the police will increase surveillance of drivers by placing speed guns. He said that the traffic police will pay attention to ensuring that lane discipline is followed by placing traffic signs at necessary places on the highway. The task of following lane discipline on this 6-lane highway is challenging.
A 6-lane road is being constructed in the main market, 4 lanes elsewhere, and 3 lanes in Daunne. The construction of a slope road in the uphill and water-logged areas of Daunne is in the final stage. Project Director Dhakal informed that work is being done to make the one-way highway operational by mid-April in Daunne hills. Markings have been made on the ground at the completed construction site and a Chirichat has been made.
The construction of the 61-kilometer road from Gaindakot to Dumkibas in the eastern section of the Butwal-Narayangadh road is almost complete. Blacktop and slope road work is underway on about 14 kilometers of the road in Daunne. Similarly, most of the road construction work from Bardaghat to West Butwal has been completed. Work is currently underway to install dividers on both sides of the highway.
It is estimated that it will take about 2 hours to cover the 114-kilometer road from Narayangadh to Butwal at the current speed. It takes one and a half hours to travel at a speed of 80 km per hour, while it takes 1 hour and 54 minutes to travel at a speed of 60 km per hour. Similarly, it takes 2 hours and 12 minutes for a vehicle traveling at a speed of 40 km per hour.
The responsibility of constructing the Butwal-Narayangadh road has been given to the Chinese contractor company China State Engineering Corporation. The contract for the construction of this highway has been awarded at a cost of 17 billion. "Automatic number plate recognition cameras will be installed at eight main markets and Daunne hills on the highway," said Project Director Dhakal. "We are preparing to install CCTV cameras at places where wildlife cross."
According to Highway Safety and Traffic Management Division Chief SSP Bhuvaneshwar Tiwari, automatic cameras will be installed at eight locations on the Butwal-Narayangadh road to reduce accidents. The contractor company has provided Rs 20 million for that. The cameras will be placed in Gaindakot, Thumsi, Kawasoti, Arunkhola, Daunne, Bardaghat, Bhumahi and Butwal. Similarly, the contractor will also provide heavy equipment to remove vehicles involved in accidents from the road, Tiwari said. The machine will be kept at the Bardaghat road office.
Similarly, the project has stated that the machine used to rescue the injured in accidents will also be handed over to the traffic police. The police have requested the project to arrange ambulances for hospitals on the highway.
