The highway limit was reduced to protect the houses of Damauli

Diss. As the number of vehicles on the Prithviraj highway, which was mapped in 2026, is increasing, the road is going to be made four-lane with the loan support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Although the four-lane road boundary was designed as 25/25 meters on both sides, now the physical structures (houses) on the "right of way" of Damauli and Dumre Bazar have been demolished in the design of 23/23 meters.

According to the new design, the road has been designed in two-way 23/23 meters in Damauli and Dumre Bazar area, according to Muglin-Pokhara Road Plan East Section Engineer Bishnu Prasad Pandey. He said, 'The road limit is 25/25 meters, but now the design of 23/23 meters has been worked on to advance the work.' tell He said, "Those who live on the road boundary should vacate the road boundary", but now, when the 25-meter road boundary is established, many houses will be destroyed and many disputes may arise. Also, a lot is spent on land compensation. Therefore, we have moved ahead with the work by clearing as much land as is required and later, if more land is needed, we can take 2/2 meters of land. According to the project, there is a new design to install drains, footpaths and electricity poles. About 70 houses have to be demolished in Damauli market area, 50 people have received the first installment and the rest are said to be in contact. About 6 crore rupees compensation has been determined for the houses here. Similarly, Pandey, the engineer of the eastern section, said that there are about 8 houses to be demolished in the Dumre market area.

Similarly, Damauli resident Baikunthanath Mishra, president of Tanahun Industry and Commerce Association, said that because the government has given compensation only to those who fall within 23 meters of the road limit, the physical structures that fall under this standard have been demolished. He said, "We have requested the concerned bodies including local bodies, district people's representatives to be serious about this matter and maintain uniformity in the road boundaries." Make the market area and the road beautified, orderly, not unstable, do not live in disrepair, so it is our wish that the highway limit should be 25 meters. But the government was not ready to maintain the road limit of 25 meters.

He said that the work has been carried forward according to the instructions of the government that the old structures within the road boundary of the highway should be demolished within 23 meters and the limit of new structures should be 25 meters. By signing the contract with ADB, it was agreed that 23 meters of roads will be built in urban areas and 41 meters in rural areas, and the work is being done accordingly, Baikunth Neupane, mayor of Beyas Municipality, said.

'During the expansion of the road, compensation was not given for the land within 23 meters, but only the physical structures within this limit were given compensation, so it was done according to the contract agreement', he said, 'Since the government has to compensate, we have to demolish only 25 meters. We could not say.'

Similarly, Chief District Officer Janardan Gautam said that the boundary was reduced to protect some houses within the road boundary. He said, "The standard of the highway is 25 meters, but some houses will be saved by making it 23 meters. There was already an agreement to make 23 meters in Dumre and Damauli market area. According to him, the standard of the road is 25 meters, but because there are many structures in the market area, they have to demolish them. Due to the reluctance to do so, a 23-meter road boundary was made in the case of Dumre and Damauli market after an agreement was reached.

In the eastern section of the Muglin-Pokhara road extension project, 32 km of road has been paved so far. According to the project, 12 kilometers of two-way and 8 kilometers of one-way roads have been completed. The physical progress of this section is about 51 percent. For the work of the eastern section, an agreement was signed on 17th January 2077 and the work started on 2nd Baisakh 2078. Diss. China Communication Construction has signed a contract worth Rs.

Similarly, under the western section, black paper work has progressed from Jamune to Pokhara. Narayan Poudel, engineer and information officer of the western section said that black paper work is being done in Jamune of Myagde rural municipality of Tanahun, Haledi and Kotre of Shuklagandaki municipality.

According to Paudel, about 6 kilometers of one-way road has been blackened so far. About 17 percent physical progress has been made in this section so far. The work of the western section was signed on 2nd June 2078 and the work started from 12th August 2078 to Jamune-Pokhara. The Chinese company Yanhui Kaiyuan Highway and Bridge Construction for 7 billion 40 million 46 million rupees. The contract has been signed so that the work can be done till August 2081.