In the west (Pokhara-Jamune) section of the Pokhara-Muglin road project, 28.52 km of road has been paved so far. According to the engineer of the project Courtesy of Nepal, 10.36 km of road is left to be paved in that section.
"Two and a half km of blacktops are left to be laid in Tanahun, the Kaski section is also being paved now," he said.
20.8 km road in Tanahun and 18.08 km road in Kaski has been blacked. Four lanes on both sides 10.08 in Tanahun and 4.39 km in Kaski Engineer Nepal informed that the two-lane (one-way) 7.98 km road in Tanahun and 6.07 km road in Kaski is black. 2.74 km in Tanahun He said that in Kaski, 7.62 km, a total of 10.36 km of road remains to be paved.
Chinese construction company Yanhui Kaiyuan Highway and Bridge Construction started the work of this section from 2078. "The latest physical progress of the project has reached 42 percent, and the progress of January is yet to be added", Engineer Nepal said, "The black sheet work is being done in places like Chowthe, International Airport, Amarsinh Chowk, Budhibazar and other places in Pokhara, and the construction has also accelerated in the section from Talchok to Gagandauda."  ;
After the three-year contract period of the western section in Kaski and Tanahun ended last August The construction company is working after extending the deadline. To the west, Tharpu, Turture, Lower Gagangouda of Kaski and other sections have been blacked out. Engineer Nepal informed that half of the road from Tanahun's Jamune to Pokhara's Seti Bridge will be six-lane and the other half will be four-lane.
He said that the bridge construction work is also going on at the same time on the Biyajpur river and the Seti river. "With the expansion of the road, the construction of infrastructure such as bridges, culverts, and drains is going on at a fast pace", Engineer Nepal said, "The construction company has committed to complete the construction within one year." He said that although there was some delay in the initial stage due to the covid-19 epidemic, the work has been speeding up lately.
According to the Project Office, nine of the 12 road bridges in the west section of the distance of 38.88 km are in the final stage of construction. The Chinese construction company Yanhui Kaiyuan Highway and Bridge Construction has taken charge of the construction of the west section for 7 billion 40 million 46 million rupees. The Pokhara-Muglin road of a total distance of 81 km is being expanded and upgraded with the loan support of the Asian Development Bank. In the eastern section of 41.45 km, the construction company China Communication Construction started work from May 2078.
According to the project office, a six-lane road will be built in Damauli and Dumre Bazar of Tanahun in the eastern section and a four-lane road in the remaining section. The construction company took the contract for that section for 6 billion 21 million 31 million rupees. According to the project office, while the Pokhara-Muglin road under the Prithvi Highway is going to be upgraded to four lanes, the work of black paper in the eastern section (Jamune-Muglin) has reached its final stage.
