Poor roads continue to trouble Kathmandu denizens; authorities say they could not work because of lockdown

The Department of Roads had announced to upgrade the Valley’s roads during the lockdown, but its work was focused mostly on the so-called VIP areas.

Thirty-three-year-old Som Rana from Samakhushi in Kathmandu cycles to his office in Dillibazaar every morning. Rana, an urban designer and also the vice president of the Nepal Cycle Society, says he does not feel safe cycling through the Valley’s roads, which are filled with potholes and coated with mud during monsoon.