Roads have helped to make the village market and the market viable, investment in hotels has increased, the process of opening small industries in the village is fast.
From Belhia (Sunauli) crossing in Bhairawa to the highway intersection in Butwal, the 6-lane road of 24 km has become a charming scene of lights, flowers and green urban beauty. One who travels through this road in the evening is happy.
The beauty of the roadside adds to the charm even in the afternoon. Along with the ease of travel, the road has also connected employment, trade and business.
After the 6-lane road connecting Butwal, which has become a commercial center from the border crossing, industries have been opened on both sides using the road as a base. Businesses and entrepreneurs are also on the rise. Three to four kilometers east and west of the road, the fields are green with agricultural products.
In Tilottama Municipality, which is undergoing rapid development through the Butwal-Belhia road in the middle, more than one thousand young people have established commercial agriculture and diversification of agricultural products industries. The ostrich farm, which is recognized in the poultry production of the country, is exporting ostriches abroad with an investment of more than one billion based on this road.
Mushrooms are now being produced and exported here. More than 300 people have got employment. This road has also become the main helper for the industry that produces up to one lakh liters of milk daily and also diversify it and send it to other cities of the country.
There are more than 200 farmers raising more than 100 cows and buffaloes in both the east and west areas of the road. After widening the road at a cost of 8 billion, the economic situation of Butwal and Bhairahawa has changed. This road has given Butwal the identity of 'economic hub'. A dozen big and five-star hotels with billions of investment are being established around this road.
In Lumbini alone, the east-west highway, which is about 400 kilometers long, from Narayangadh to Butwal, Bhalubang, Nepalgunj to Chisapani Bridge in Karnali, has been divided into 8 phases and the construction work has progressed. Out of about 120 km road, 43 km road from Bardghat to Butwal is in Lumbini, the government divided the 120 km road into two sections and started construction at a cost of 16 billion 995 million rupees. Now the road construction work is going on in both sections.
The government plans to work by dividing the road into 7 sections for the expansion of the road from Butwal to Lumbini and the border of Karnali province to the Chisapani bridge of the Karnali river. Work has progressed from Butwal to Chandrauta. The road from Narayangadh to Chandrauta has been planned to be constructed by dividing it into different sections according to the plan to expand it to the quality standards of the Asian highway.
The distance from Narayangadh to Chisapani Bridge in Karnali, which is the middle section of the east-west highway, which is divided into eight sections, is 467 km. The distance from Butwal to Chisapani (Karnali) bridge in Bardia is 346 km. Out of that, 40 km road expansion of Butwal-Gorusinge section has started. After that, the 19 km section from Gorusinge to Chandrauta will be worked on. Butwal-Chandrauta road is being constructed with the help of loan from Asian Development Bank at a cost of about 35 billion. This road will be expanded to 6 lanes in the market area and 4 lanes in the jungle area.
It is expected that Lumbini's economic prosperity and road dreams will be fulfilled when the construction of this road, which was built with Butwal as the center of Lumbini, is completed. A tunnel route is also being constructed in the Siddhartha Highway section of the Siddharth Highway from Butwal through Palpa to Pokhara and Burtibang in Gandaki Province with an investment of more than 7 billion. After opening the track of the tunnel, the expansion and upgrading phase has started.
Siddharth Highway expansion from Butwal to Pokhara is also starting. The Kaligandaki Corridor, which is connected to the Siddharth Highway, has also been blacklisted in many areas of Palpa, Gulmi and Baglung sections. This road connecting the Korala border in China is connecting Chinese tourists to Butwal and Lumbini.
For the construction of the road from Lamhi Shivkhola in Dang to Tulsipur on the north side of the East-West Highway, the contract process has been started by securing a resource of 3 billion 994 million. Work has progressed to upgrade the alternative route from Kuirepani to Sarra to four lanes. The work of upgrading and expanding the road from Arghakhanchi's Gachhe to Bhalubang, the capital of the province, has started.
