More than 6,000 trees to be cut down for East-West highway expansion

लगानी न्यूज

२४ मंसिर २०८२, बुधबार ०७:४९December 10, 2025

Mahottari A total of 6,027 trees will be cut down in Mahottari district for the East-West Highway expansion.

Rajesh Kumar Das, chief of the Kamala-Dhalkebar-Pathlaiya Road East Section Project under the East-TAG_OPEN_div_11 West Highway Expansion Project, said they received the order to cut down the trees after completing all process through the Division Forest Office, Department of Forest and Soil Conservation and Ministry of Forest and Environment.

Das said that orders have been received to cut down a total of 11,577 trees in Mahottari, Dhanusha and Sarlahi districts.TAG_OPEN_div_9 As per the plan, orders have been issued to cut down 3,674 trees in Sarlahi and 1,876 in Dhanusha. According to him, the road will be widened to 31 meters including six lanes in urban and market areas and 18 meters wide including four lanes in other areas.

Most TAG_OPEN_div_7 of the sal trees will be cut down for the expansion of the road. Project chief Das said shifting electric poles and laying drinking water pipes are also major challenges in road expansion. He said that the work of cutting trees has already begun in Dhanusha and Sarlahi and it would be started soon in Mahottari as well.