The Butwal-Gorusinghe road expansion project is in crisis due to soil shortage. Due to non-cooperation from the local level and shortage of construction materials, construction contractors are preparing to stop the work. While more than 1,500 workers were working continuously daily, it has now been reduced to around 500. Construction contractors claim that all work will be stopped in the next 15 days due to the lack of soil and river-based materials.

The project has not been able to get soil for the last 4/5 months. The shortage of river-based materials and gravel is also increasing. As a result, the work has been affected for a month as there is no soil and gravel to fill both sides of the road where the construction of bridges, culverts and drains has been completed. Now it has reached the stage of being completed. The greatest shortage of construction materials is in Lot 1 of the project. This is the area from Butwal to the Kothi River in Rupandehi. In the area from Pakhapani to Kothi River in Butwal, large quantities of soil and rubble are required in many places. There is no such problem in the area towards Kapilvastu from Lot 2, i.e. from Kothi River to Bel River west of the river.

For Lot 1 from Butwal to Kothi River alone, 879,169 cubic meters of soil and rubble are required. There is data from the project that 871,046 cubic meters of river-based materials are required. However, so far 69,277 cubic meters of soil and rubble and 62,597 cubic meters of river-based materials have been received. The construction business has managed 60,410 cubic meters from alternative sources. Even after external management and obtaining them from government sources, 123,700 cubic meters have been available so far, said Gauri Shankar Mahato, CM of the construction company. "We still need about 700,000 cubic meters of soil and gravel," he said. "Other work has been stopped because the work on the drains, walls and culverts has been completed." He said that 748,000 cubic meters of river materials are required. The federal government has issued a circular to the local levels for the supply of soil, gravel and river materials for the road being expanded according to Asian standards. An agreement was reached with Butwal Sub-metropolitan City of Rupandehi, Sainamaina Municipality, Kanchan and Gaidahawa Rural Municipality, and Tinau Rural Municipality of Palpa, which are located in the area of ​​this road section, as well as the nearby Tinau Rural Municipality. Accordingly, the construction business has paid 17.245 million rupees in revenue to Sainamaina Municipality for soil and gravel. However, the transportation of soil and gravel has not been possible after the Forest Office stopped it. Similarly, Rs 33.29 million has been paid to Gaidahawa Rural Municipality. The transport of 127,360 cubic meters of soil from there could not be done after the Forest Office blocked it. Although Rs 7.183 million was paid to Butwal Sub-metropolitan City for the transport of gravel, the transport could not be done due to the locals' obstruction, said Mahato, the contract manager of the construction company.