The road slope work is going on at Daunne, which is located on the Butwal-Narayangadh road section under the East-West Highway. Since there has been no heavy rain for the past two weeks, the work on the highway slope has been accelerated. As of Wednesday, 830 meters in the eastern section and 1,400 meters in the western section have already fallen.

Due to steep inclines, sloped roads are durable, so sloped roads are being constructed with priority in this area.

According to Chudaraj Dhakal, chief engineer of the road project directorate, while there was no plan for the construction of a sloped road during the road survey, after analyzing the current situation, the construction of the sloped road has been started to build a durable road.

Out of about 14 km of road in the lower section, about 3 km of the road towards the west has been paved. He said that sloped roads were built in places with steep slopes and high water flow. Out of the remaining 10 km road, 2 km road has been sloped on both sides till Wednesday.

According to Engineer Dhakal, sloped roads are four times more durable than asphalt roads, although they are more expensive. A Chinese contractor company has proposed to grade the entire downhill road.

Downhill Road will be a three-lane road with a winding hill. Construction of a retaining wall to prevent landslides is also underway on the 13-meter wide road. The contractor company has mobilized more than 100 workers.

China's State Engineering Construction Company is working using Hongsi cement manufactured by Chinese investment in Sardi, East Nawalparasi.

The road construction work started on 8th Chait 2075 has been completed 70 percent by Wednesday, according to the road department. Although the contractor company requested to extend the deadline till January 2083, the road department is doing its homework to extend the deadline by only one year till the next July, directorate chief Dhakal said.