This is the condition of Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel road (Photo Feature)

Kathmandu. The six-lane expansion of the 16-km road from Suryabinayak to Dhulikhel along the Araniko Highway has been sluggishly progressing.

Bhaktapur road from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel has been divided into two sections. No. Although the road widening works were started from Poush 24, 2022 with the aim of completing it within 36 months, the road expansion work has not been completed yet.

The government had agreed to spend Rs 3.88 billion for the 7.5-km Suryabinayak-Sanga road section and Rs 4.05 billion for the 8.4-km Sanga-Dhulikhel road.

According to the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel, Sindhuli-Bardibas Road Project Office, the expansion of the six-lane road up to Dhulikhel and the main road and service lane has been delayed due to budget crunch.

The project has estimated that it will cost one billion rupees to construct more bridges on this road. According to the study report, three bridges of 20 meters each will be constructed near Jagati and Mahadevkhola petrol pumps. It is estimated to cost Rs 15 lakh per meter.

The DPR study has shown that the service lane could not be constructed even though the one-and-a-half to two-kilometer road is up and down. The tunnel construction project would be halted as the topography is weak to expand the road in that distance, it is said. Similarly, the report states that around Rs 1 billion should be provided compensation for 17 ropanis of land required for the expansion of the road.

When the highway was constructed in 2017 BS, the width of the road was 25 yards each on both sides or 22.86 meters. Similarly, in 2021 BS, the government had made a law and maintained the same rules on this road and on that basis, houses were built on the right and left sides of the road.

The distance from the federal capital Kathmandu to the east via BP and Pushpalal Highway in the mid-hills of Bagmati Province is covered by this road. There are.