Flooding in the Roshi River due to incessant rains damaged about 30.5 kilometers of the Kavre-Sindhuli section of the highway.
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The reconstruction of the BP Highway, which was damaged by floods and landslides in Asoj last year and this year, is underway in full swing. The floods in the Roshi River due to incessant rains damaged about 30.5 kilometers of the Kavre-Sindhuli section of the highway.
The damaged road has been divided into five sections and the reconstruction has been taken forward. Out of these, a contract agreement has been signed for the reconstruction of 25 kilometers of the road in 4 sections and work is underway. The contract agreement has been signed to complete the reconstruction within two years.
The remaining 3.2 km of the road in one section will be reconstructed with the assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The design for this has been approved and the contract is in the process, according to the Department of Roads. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Urban Development Kulman Ghising conducted an on-site inspection of the area on Thursday and obtained information about the road reconstruction.
Minister Ghising, who arrived for the inspection along with a team including Director General of the Department of Roads Bijay Jaishi, Chief of the Federal Road Supervision and Monitoring Office Kathmandu Subhraj Neupane and others, discussed the ongoing reconstruction of various sections of the road, the schedule for completion of construction, the arrangement of temporary diversions currently in place for traffic operation, and the preparation status of the section to be constructed by JICA and others.
Stating that a temporary diversion has been constructed for vehicles from the river bank and that the diversion may not work with the onset of the rainy season, Minister Ghising urged to pay special attention to this and complete the construction of the necessary infrastructure before the onset of the rainy season. He directed the project management and construction entrepreneurs to make arrangements for additional manpower and electricity to work even at night.
The BP Highway, which is important for connecting the federal capital with the eastern region, was completed with the grant assistance of the Japanese government.
