3.68 billion rupees budget has been allocated for Madhyapahari Highway in the current financial year. But for the next year, the budget for the said highway has been increased. A budget of 3.94 billion rupees has been allocated for this highway in the coming year. Which is 34.47 million more than the current year.
Also, it has been 18 years since the construction of the Madhyapahari highway began, and the progress is only 80 percent. The contract management work in the project has not yet been completed. The government has not given the resource consent for the new contract. This project was started in financial year 064/65 to connect 215 settlements of 26 districts of Madhyapahar. It is estimated that 1 crore people will benefit after the completion of the project.
The work has been started according to the goal of building a two-lane black paper road from Chiwabhanjang in Panchthar in the east to Zhulaghat in Baitadi in the west. Out of 1 thousand 879 km, 1 thousand 16.07 km of roads are being constructed under the project. 462 km road is under other projects.
So far, only 1 thousand 478.7 km of roads have been paved through plan and division roads. Out of 137 bridges, only 180 have been completed so far. Currently, 137 km roads in 9 sections, including 16 bridges damaged by floods, are yet to be managed. The initial cost estimate of the
project is 33 billion 36 million rupees. The revised cost estimate is Rs 84 billion 33 crore. 70 billion 88 million rupees have been spent so far. According to the revised time, its work should be completed by 084/85.
