The track opening of 158 km road has been completed
Penngnurbu Bhote of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality-2 Lingam had to walk for 3 days to reach home from Khandbari. He was very happy when it was announced that the opening of the road track from Khandbari-Kimathanka was completed on Monday. "The residents of Bhotkhola had to walk for at least 3 days to reach their homes from the headquarters, Khandbari," he said, "now it is easier to reach their homes by car."
Pasangnurvu Bhote of Hatia is also happy after reaching the road to Kimathanka. The 65-year-old said happily that his dream of reaching home by car from Khandbari has come true. "Now it is possible to go to Kimathanka border," he said, "If there were no vehicles, the people of Bhotkhola had to bring food and other materials from the headquarter Khandbari at high cost." "Now it will be easy to get the food and clothing from Tibet to Madhes through the headquarters," he said.
Project of National Pride The construction of Khandbari-Kimathanka road was started from 065/66 under North-South Koshi Corridor. It has been declared as 'break through' after the track work of 158 km of the road has been completed. The track of this road has been opened under the Koshi Highway connecting India from Jogwani to China via Kimathanka in Sankhuwasabha.
The 200 km stretch of road from Jogwani to Khandbari has been blacked out. The Nepali Army was assigned to open the Bhir track of the difficult section of 10.51 km from Chamtang to Ghonghoppa under the Khandbari-Kimathanka road. The road department said that the work of opening the track in that section has been completed and now the work of upgrading and widening the road will be started.
In the presence of Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Deepak Khadka, Minister of Defense Manveer Rai, Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Devendra Dahal and former MP Rajendra Prasad Gautam, the 'break through' has been announced in Bhotkhola-1 Chamtang of this road section. Earlier, 134 km road has been constructed from Khandbari to Chamtang. 14 km unpaved road from Kimathanka to Ghonghoppa has been opened.
Chairman of Bhotkhola Rural Municipality, Wang Cheder Bhote said that road construction will greatly help the economic development of Bhotkhola. "The work of opening the track of the Koshi highway connecting India to China has been completed," he said.
"Once the trilateral border road is operational, Bangladesh will be able to benefit from Nepal-India and China," he said.
Minister Khadka said that since the Arun River flows through the Kimathanka area, many hydropower projects can be built in this area. Defense Minister Rai said that this road section being constructed by the army is an important infrastructure in the development of the country. He said that the work of opening the track was completed before the time set by the army. "We have given priority to the Kimathanka border in the east, the Hilsa border in the west and the Kerung border," he said.
Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport Dahal promised not to let the lack of budget to complete the rest of the road section. According to the army, there is not enough budget for road construction and if the budget is provided, the widening of the road will be completed soon.
