Alternative road linking Salyan to Karnali state capital constructed

Kathmandu - Construction of an alternative road linking Salyan district with Surkhet, the capital of Karnali State, has been completed. With this, Sallibazaar of Salyan district has been directly linked with road to Surkhet via Dhorchaur Uchalne of local Siddhakumakh rural municipality.

The alternative road has been constructed with Rs 7.5 million provided under the supplementary budget of the Karnali state government and Rs 2.5 million provided by the Siddhakumakh rural municipality, said the rural municipality chairman Chitra Bahadur Chalaune. Before this, one had to travel to the district headquarters, Khalanga, and take the Baluwa Sangrahi road from there to Surkhet.