Pokhara-Muglin Road Upgrade Nears Completion

Tanahun. The upgradation work of the Pokhara-Muglin road section of the Prithvi Highway has reached its final stage. The physical progress of the western section (Pokhara-Jamune) of the said road has reached 86 percent, the project office informed.< /p>

The work on the eastern section (Jamune-Muglin) has been completed and the construction company has handed over the road, said engineer of this section, Bishnu Prasad Pandey. "The road expansion and upgradation work is completed and the defect liability period (DLP) has already started", he said, "After DLP, the responsibility of road maintenance for an additional five years will also rest with the construction company." According to Engineer Pandey, in the total 41.45 km distance of this section, the road has been expanded and upgraded to six lanes in about two kilometers in Damuali and Dumre bazaar and to four lanes elsewhere. He informed that 17 small and large concrete bridges have been constructed in the eastern section.< /p>