Prolonged delay in road widening work worsens dust pollution, traffic jams

According to officials at the Butwal-Narayanghat Road Project, only around 35 percent of the work has been completed even after repeated deadline extensions.

The widening work of the Butwal-Narayanghat section of the East-West Highway has been moving at a snail’s pace. The road expansion project was initiated around four years ago with a plan to complete the work in three years.