Under the Prithvi Highway, Muglin-Pokhara section is being expanded to four lanes. V.No. This road, which was mapped in 2025, has been divided into two parts, east and west, and now the work of road expansion has been accelerated.
According to the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion plan, the work of Ambukhaireni-Jamunekhand under the eastern section has almost reached its final stage. According to Planning Engineer Bishnu Pandey, as of March 15th, there is 81 percent physical progress and 61.9 percent financial progress. He said, "Under the plan, there are two contracts in the eastern section. One is Ambukhaireni-Jamune road upgrading and the other is construction of a bridge on the Madi river.
Under the road upgrading, 17 small and big bridges are in charge of construction, the Piple river bridge in Dumre is under construction and the construction of others has been completed, he said. The 73.63 km one-way road in the eastern section, which is a distance of 41.45 km, is a first-level black road. He said, 'About 36 kilometers of 4-lane and 1.63 kilometers of 2-lane roads have been paved in this section.' "We are working on Damauli Bazar, Chirkan section, Dumre Bazar, Chunpahra section of Bimalnagar and we are working on these sections as priority", he said, "We have accelerated the black sheeting in Damauli Bazar area. In the Chirkan area, the black paper will be completed in ten days and the work of raising the wall from the banks of Marsyangdi river in Bimalnagar has been speeded up. Pandey said that 25 of the 75 physical structures in the right-of-way in Damauli market area have to be demolished. He said, 'Out of 25 people, 14 people have not even taken the first installment. A compensation of 52 million rupees has been determined for the Damauli market area.
It is said that only a few physical structures of Dumre and Damauli market areas have to be demolished in the eastern section. The scheme has already paid about Rs.
China Communication Construction signed a contract for the eastern section for 6 billion 21 crore 31 lakh 13 thousand rupees to be able to work till April 2081. However, after the work was not completed within the specified time period, the work was continued by extending the deadline for the third time.
Similarly, the Madi Bridge contract was signed on August 11, 2022 for one billion and 21 million rupees to be completed in September 2025. The physical progress of the bridge is 67.58 percent and the financial progress is 56.34 percent.
