The contract process will be started with the arrival of the final design of the second section of the ring road, which has been discussed by the Chinese government for more than 7 years.
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The final design of the ring road second section will come within a month. According to the Road Department, work is being done to finalize the design in China. The contract process will be started with the arrival of the final design of the second section of the ring road, which has been discussed by the Chinese government for more than 7 years.
Krishnanath Ojha, head of the Kathmandu Circular Road Extension Project Office, said that the Chinese technical team will send the final design within a month. "The Chinese technical team returned after completing the survey in the second week of last June," he said.
"It won't take much time to look at the design and send it, we will send it in a week at most," he said, "Then the Chinese government will call for a contract there, after choosing the construction company, the team will come and start work." On May 6, 18 people from the Chinese government company CCCC First Highway Consultants and Xian Fangzhou Engineering Consulting came to Nepal to conduct a technical survey. The technical team spent two and a half months to complete the survey.
With the grant of the Chinese government, 8.2 km extension work is going to be done from Kalanki to Vasundhara culvert. Chief Ojha said that it is proposed to build a bridge instead of a culvert at Dhungedhara near Vanasthali. "There has been a verbal demand to build a bridge in Dhungedhara, China has been positive about it," he said, "Where there is a river corridor, there has been a demand to build a bridge so that vehicles can pass through it." Later, he said that the road department will build the corridor in its own way. According to Ojha, the Chinese technical team has also been asked to send the
bridge including the design. Wherever the bus can be stopped, that place has been designated in the design. Keshav Kumar Sharma, Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport said that there will be no confusion in the work of the second section of the ring road. "As soon as the design is finalized, China will call for the contract," he said, "The company that will take the contract from January 2026 is preparing to come to the field and start work. From Kalanki to Sitapaila, an eight-lane road will be built now, apart from the service lane.
