Maldhunga-Beni road to close for 13 days

Parbat, June 21: The Maldhunga-Beni road has been closed for vehicular traffic for 13 days to facilitate the black-topping works. This road section is a part of the Kaligandaki corridor highway, a nation pride project that links the north border with the south border.

At present, only the five kilometres Maldhunga-Pharse road section is being blacktopped, out of the 13-kilometre Maldhunga-Beni road, according to the Kaligandaki Corridor Maldhunga-Beni-Jomsom-Korala Road Project Office. Seven kilometres of the road section will remain to be asphalted once Maldhunga-Pharse section is blacktopped in the first phase.