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Four months have passed since the signing of the letter of cooperation between the representatives of the government of Nepal and China for the expansion of the second section of the ring road, further work has not yet progressed. There is still confusion about when the work will start. On August 6, a letter was signed between the representatives of the Nepalese and Chinese governments regarding cooperation in expansion.
The work of Koteshwar-Kalanki first section was started in 069 and completed in 075. In the initial situation, due to the lack of preparatory work by the Nepalese government and later due to the Chinese government, further work could not be carried out in the second section expansion.
Krishnanath Ojha, the head of the Kathmandu Ring Road Road Expansion Plan, said that all the preparatory work has been completed. "We are constructing a service lane road on behalf of the Nepalese government, there is no problem with that," he said, "the work of removing the dust and potholes on the road section to be expanded is also underway." .
The second section is going to be extended from Kalanki to Vasundhara culvert with 8.2 km of Chinese grant. A G2G agreement was signed with China in 2018 for the expansion of this road section. Although the Chinese government has been taking a stand that they will not come without finishing the preparatory work, the work has not progressed.
Vijay Jaisi, Deputy Director General of the Development Assistance Implementation Division under the Road Department said that no new information has been received after the signing. It took 6 years to build the 10.39 km road from Koteshwar to Kalanki. It has been more than 6 years since this road was discussed. Although MPs of this area have drawn the attention of the government time and time again, the work has not been able to speed up.
Sushilbabu Dhakal, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, said that the signing has been done with China to proceed with the procurement process. For this It is understood that preparations are being made from the Chinese side,' he said.
The technical team of China's Henan Communications Planning and Design Institute came to Nepal in February 2019 to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) within two months. The team did the study but did not give a report. According to the road department, the DPR will be completed within 6 months after the start of the study and then the contract process will proceed, Dhakal said.
