Gorkha. About 70 kilometers of roads in the district have been blacktopped in a year. In the fiscal year 2081/82, 69.7 kilometers were blacktopped across the district. The Gorkha Road Planning Office has blacktopped the maximum.

The office has blacktopped 33.6 kilometers of roads in the district this year. Information Officer at the Office, Ashik Rijal, said that the road has been blacktopped, drain construction, slope and wall construction. “The process of graveling roads, constructing drains and blacktopping is still going on. While working, there is more blackening in some years, sometimes less. But the work is going on,” he said.

After the Road Planning Office, the road infrastructure development office has the highest number of kilometers in the district. Information Officer Sharmila Thapa informed that the office has blacktopped 21.7 kilometers of roads across the district this year.

Engineer Govinda Shrestha said that six kilometers of road has been blacktopped in Gorkha section of mid-hill highway this year. The Local Infrastructure Development Project Office, Pokhara has blacktopped the road in Palungtar Municipality. According to Saroj Acharya, an engineer at the office, palungtar has 2. The 5-km road has been blacktopped.

Shahid lakhan rural municipality blacktopped 3.5 kilometers of road in the last fiscal year 2081/82 BS. Rajan Ranabhat, engineer of the rural municipality, said that the namjung Ghairung road has been blacktopped with a budget of Rs 100 million.