According to the responsible official, the black sheet work on the Nagadhunga-Muglin road section will be done only after Dasain, and preparations are being made to fill potholes during the festival.
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Nagadhunga-Muglin is the road used by vehicles going from east to west. More than 12,000 vehicles pass through this road section every day. During the festival, the traffic can stop in this section. There are not many days left for Dasain, the next 23 days will be ghatasthaphana.
What is the condition of the road as the festival approaches? Keshav Prasad Ojha, the head of Nagadhunga-Muglin road project eastern section, says, "There is no problem, if there is a problem, we have already blacklisted it."
Currently, due to the rains, the black paper work has not been done. "The black paper work has not been done now," he said, "We will start the pothole repair work by the end of August, keeping in mind the festival." According to him, the black paper work will start only after Dasain. "This time Dasain starts from the first week of October," he said, "Monsoon is expected to be active by the second week, so there will not be much work before Dasain."
Moreover, Nagadhunga-Muglin road is being upgraded by dividing it into three sections. The first of the three sections is Nagadhunga-Naubise. In the first section under this road section, the work of the first level of black paper has been completed. The first section of 12.26 km includes Nagadhunga-Naubise. In this section, 5.5 km of the second level black sheeting work has also been completed. Chief Ojha said that the third level black paper work will be done only after Dasain.
The overall physical progress of Nagadhunga-Naubise section is 84 percent. The contract for the upgrading of this section was taken by Jangsu-Sagun JV for 1.3 billion rupees. A pedestrian-friendly Akase bridge will be built in the mine shaft of this section. He said that the work will come under this package and it will start after the monsoon. According to him, only normal concrete slope work is being done in that section. Slope stabilization (landslide control) of a special nature is being done in Jhaple river. Only after its work is completed, the black paper will be started in that section.
This contract was signed on 29 Chait 29 of the first section. The work started only on May 26, 2079 after about a year and a half of the agreement. After the work was not completed within June 27, 2081, the deadline was extended until January 2081, the work was not completed. Again, after extending the time till July 10, 2082, the deadline has been extended till the middle of February. The
falls in the second section, the Naubise-Malekhu section. Its distance is 43.54 km. The contract for this section was taken by JICG-Sharma-Lama JV for 5.33 billion 19 million. Its physical progress is 42 percent. In that section, 15 km road has been paved in both directions. In this case, the second level of black letter work has not been done. Chief Ojha said that it was not done because it is not durable in the dry season. The contract was signed on May 14, 2079, but the work of this section was supposed to be completed by the end of May, 2082, but it has not been completed yet. After the work is not completed, the deadline has been extended till 083 August.
belongs to the third section, Malekhu-Muglin. The progress of this section of 38.86 km is 34 percent. Sharma-JICG has taken the contract for upgrading this section for 4 billion 805 million rupees. According to the agreement signed on 15 December 2079, the work should be completed within December 2082. But as the time was running out, not even half of the work was done. So far only 8.14 km of road has been paved in that section. Kedar Prasad Nepal, head of the western section of Nagadhunga-Muglin road scheme, said that the road section damaged by drought is being repaired.
'Due to the rains, the black sheet work has not been done, preparations are being made to fill the potholes in the road in view of the festival,' he said, 'We will fill all the potholes before ten.' Passengers should not suffer during the journey, right? In response to the question, he says, "We will make the traffic in Chadbad easy, the machines have been kept at various places. We have asked the contracting company to keep the machines in the dry season in readiness for the duration of the festival.'
He said that the work of the bridge of Gaumati, Khateudi and Mauwa rivers has been completed and only the Barbang river is left. There has been no black paper work since June. "During the rainy season, we did the construction of the retaining wall," he said, "Similarly, the builders processed the gravel and sand needed for the blackboard and put it in a ready state." Overall, the distance from Nagadhunga to Mugling is 94.66 km.
