The Lumbini state government has prepared a road master plan by classifying all the roads in the state to invest after analyzing the returns. In the final stage of the master plan, 3,400 roads in the province have been reduced to 2,200. The government is ready to allocate the budget for those roads only by setting priorities.

The road master plan prepared by the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development will be implemented in the current financial year after the decision of the Council of Ministers. The master plan has prioritized the construction of only 5 major roads in each constituency. The government has also classified the roads within the province on the basis of social and economic returns. According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, the number of roads has been determined by determining the distance of the roads in the mountains and plains based on the population, roads connecting settlements, schools, health institutions, religious places, agriculture, tourism, market, industry roads with priority and high priority. 

According to the details prepared by the ministry, 3,400 roads have been identified in Lumbini province. For those roads, budgets are allocated from the federal, provincial and municipal governments. But the utility is not even 50 percent. Despite the investment of crores on some roads, there is no regular traffic. More than 2 thousand 900 roads have been allocated in the current financial year. But due to the low budget, most of the roads have not been constructed. 

While constructing the master plan, it has been classified as provincial roads connecting two provinces, district roads connecting two district headquarters or centers, airports, national highways, important tourist spots or other economic areas of strategic importance. Those connecting the center of the municipality and connecting the villages have been kept as local roads. The road master plan includes subsidiary highways handed over from the Union, connecting the state capital.

The Road Master Plan has been created by prioritizing the importance of roads, utility, geography, population, tourism, border roads and agriculture, said Bhimarjun Pandey, Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development. "Some bases have been legally prepared for the identification of national highways, state highways, provincial roads, district roads and local roads," he said. He said that the government will only invest in agriculture, tourism, import and export of products and see them as strategic importance. 

The road master plan in Lumbini was started in 2075/76. A preliminary draft was prepared at that time. The same draft has now been finalized by the provincial government by deciding to proceed with the construction by creating a master plan with the advice and suggestions of the provincial assembly members, experts, and on-site observation. According to Physical Infrastructure Minister Bhumishwar Dhakal, all the work of study, observation, discussion, collection of suggestions has been completed for the road master plan. "The road master plan prepared in coordination with the ministry is now in the final stage, the implementation will start after it is approved by the cabinet," said Dhakal, "We believe that the road to be built in Lumbini province will be a model for other provinces as well." It has been proposed in the master plan to reduce the existing roads to 2,200.