The Nepali Army has started opening tracks from both sides on the Darchula-Tinkar road section under construction under the Mahakali Corridor. Tracks have been opened from Dumling and Gaga.

The army has started digging the road from Changru Gaga of Byas Rural Municipality-1. Earlier, work was being done only in Dumling, Kalju, Atungati, Tabaku and other places of Ward No. 2 via Tusarpani by Byas Rural Municipality-3.

The construction team of the army has gathered to open the track of Darchula-Tinker 79 km road. Byas Rural Municipality-3 Nasena, which has been entrusted with the construction from Tusarpani, has opened 15.2 kilometers of track so far.  

According to Nepali Army spokesperson Gaurav Kumar KC, 13.4 kilometers of road tracks were opened in 2080/081, and two kilometers have been upgraded. In the current financial year, 1.8 kilometers of tracks have been opened and 1.2 kilometers have been upgraded. 

Due to lack of budget, the work could not be done quickly. In the current financial year, only 9 crores were received. He informed that the government has arranged an additional five crores after the construction was stopped due to lack of budget. 

The Army has mobilized for the construction of a camp in Byas Rural Municipality-1 Changru from the last received budget, and the transportation of essential equipment and other construction materials including excavators, compressor machines, gelatin. 

The Nepali Army has opened a 200 meter track in Fatanggad near Tusarpani which has a hard rocky part. Byas rural municipality-2, 500 meters of new track has been constructed in Atungti area and more than 500 meters in tobacco area. 

The military spokesman informed that the 200-meter tank is being opened to connect the tobacco area this year in the lower region.

It is said that road construction work is going on in Mal, Kothdhar, Saganadi, Dumling, Kalju and Tobacco areas of Ward No. 2 from Tusarpani to Vyas Rural Municipality-3. Vehicles have been operating since the last week of January on the five kilometer road from the zero point of the road section where the army has taken over the construction of the road. You can travel by car from Tusarpani to Malgaon under this road. 

Since the financial year 2077/78, the army has started building the road, so far only 15 km  The track is open. An engineer involved in the construction said that the goal of completing the construction within five years has not been met due to lack of budget. 

Digging has started by mobilizing workers from Byas Rural Municipality-2 until the equipment is transported. Locals and the army have been digging the road for three or four days. 

Hitesh Budhatho, a ward member of Tinkar of Vyas rural municipality-1, expressed his happiness that the work has started from both sides even though it was delayed. He emphasized that there should be sufficient budget. Ashok Singh Bohra, the president of the said ward, also has the same demand. He said that the five crore received last February was insufficient. He said that this road should be built by allocating sufficient budget with priority.