Omicron scare likely to delay widening of Ring Road’s Kalanki-Maharajganj section

Nepali officials have yet to clear the ground for starting the work. Land dispute in Maharajgunj area remains unresolved.

The second phase of the Ring Road widening work involving the Kalanki-Maharajgunj section that remains disrupted due to the authorities’ failure to clear the physical and legal hurdles on the ground and the Covid-19 pandemic has become further uncertain in the wake of global fears over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.