Prithvi Highway road widening work at snail’s pace

The highway’s 80-km Aanbukhaireni-Pokhara section is being widened to four lanes, but pandemic and delay in site clearance have hampered the work.

Work to widen the Aanbukhaireni-Pokhara section of the Prithvi Highway to four lanes is moving at a snail’s pace. The work was started last year and has failed to achieve desired progress.