The Directorate of Road Projects has written to the Road Department, demanding a ban on the operation of cargo and lorry vehicles on the lower section of the Butwal-Narayangadh road under the East-West Highway.
The road project directorate has already sloped 500 meters of the road in the 14 km downstream area of the Butwal-Narayangadh road section saying that construction of a sloped road will make it more durable.
'In order to build the slope road, the operation of cargo vehicles coming from India should be stopped, otherwise there is a risk of jamming,' said Chudaraj Dhakal, the head of the project directorate.
Dhakal has sent a letter to the Road Department Babarmahal on Tuesday and has requested to stop the operation of freight vehicles on the Daunna section and to construct the road as soon as possible. Freight cars coming from India He has requested to make arrangement for coming and going from Birgunj via Raxaul for a few months.
The Chinese construction company China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited has taken the contract to widen the 114 km Butwal-Narayangadh road. The Chinese company, which has completed the contract for 17 billion rupees, has agreed to complete the work within 3 years after the start of the work, but the work has not been completed even after the completion of 6 years. As of Wednesday, 93 km of the 114 km road has been made one-way.
