INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TRIVENI, JANUARY 24Only 45 percent of the works has been so far completed in
Nawalparasi eastern section under the Narayangadh-Butwal road expansion project.
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Over half of the project work is
yet to be completed with about six months left for the deadline to expire, Road Expansion Project's eastern section chief Ashish Thapa Magar
said.The Narayangadh-Butwal road expansion work had initiated in 2075 BS
Since then, the deadline has been extended twice
The second extension will expire in coming mid-July.
He further shared that 90 per cent of the work will believably be
completed during the period
According to him, the construction company will be responsible for repair for five years even after the construction of the project, so the
progress should be 90 percent by mid-July considering post-construction repair work as about 10 percent."Looking at the current physical
progress, at least monthly seven percent progress has to be made to complete the road expansion work on time
However, the work progress is sluggish, Magar said
"We have been repeatedly instructing the contractor to speed up the work", Magar added.Stating that the manpower and machinery used at
present are insufficient, he said that the China State Construction Engineering Corporation, the contractor, is being directed to complete
the work within the stipulated time using adequate resources.According to him, the pace at which the progress should have been achieved is
The 113-km Narayangadh-Butwal section of the East-West Highway covers about 65 kilometres in the Middle East section.A six-lane road will be
constructed in the market area with service lanes, three in Daunne section and four lanes in other areas
So far, only 21 kilometers of two-lane road has been completed in the eastern section
About 125 kilometers of road has to be constructed after calculating the two-lane road except the part of the bridge
In this way, more than 100 kilometers of blacktopping is yet to be done
"The blacktopping of about 21 kilometers has been completed by calculating the one-way calculation," the project chief said.
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