Transportation is easy to other places except Daunne.
What you should know
The construction of 42 bridges has been completed on the Butwal-Narayangadh road section, which is under expansion. The construction of 33 major bridges has been completed on the eastern section and 9 major bridges on the western section. All the 9 bridges to be constructed on the western section have been completed and only one bridge remains to be constructed on the eastern section.
The construction of the bridge from Butwal to Daunne has been completed and 249 out of 253 culverts have been completed. The construction of 4 culverts in the Daunne section has also intensified.
Work is underway in the western section towards Daunne and the work is progressing to make transportation in Daunne easier by Chaitra, said Bikash Khanal, Information Officer of the Butwal-Narayangadh Road Expansion Project, West Section.
Of the bridges over 200 meters long in the eastern section, only the Arunkhola bridge remains to be constructed. Work is currently underway to blacktop the approach road where the bridge has been completed.
The project has stated that 76 percent of the work has been completed so far in both the eastern and western sections. Although transportation is smooth in other areas except the Daunne section, passengers in Daunne continue to suffer. Even though work is being done day and night by operating one-way traffic, commuters are forced to sit in traffic jams every day in Daunne.
The China State Construction Corporation Pvt. Ltd. took over the construction with the aim of starting work in Magh 2075 and completing it on Shrawan 22, 2079, but the deadline has been extended three times. The deadline extended for the third time is ending in mid-Ashar. But the contractor and the government side do not seem confident that the work will be completed. The 114-kilometer expansion is being carried out with the help of a loan from the Asian Development Bank at a cost of about Rs 17 billion.
