35 per cent of Asian highway construction completed in two years

लगानी न्यूज

१३ माघ २०८२, मंगलवार ०८:४६January 27, 2026

Morang. Around 35 per cent of the construction work has been completed in two years since the beginning of the construction of the ‘Asian Highway’ from Kakarvitta to Laukahi road network.

Jagat Prajapati, chief of Itahari Office in the West Section, said that the first phase of single-lane blacktopping of the road has begun from Sunday.TAG_OPEN_div_23 According to him, around 35 percent of the construction work has been completed in two years of the agreement.

According to Prajapati, although it was said that 120 kilometers of the road from Kakarvitta to Laukahi under the Asian Highway No. 2 would be upgraded, only 95.76 kilometers of the road was being constructed under the contract at present.TAG_OPEN_div_21 He said that the work is being carried out by dividing the eastern section into two parts, the eastern section and the western section.

So far, the first phase of blacktopping has been completed on about 20 kilometers of one-way road in both sections.TAG_OPEN_div_19 Sunil Babu Pant, chief of Damak office of the eastern section of the project, shared that around 35 per cent of the construction work of the project had been completed.

Pant said that the construction work will be expedited if there is ease in the availability of construction materials.TAG_OPEN_div_17 According to him, 80 percent of the work of shifting electric poles in the eastern section has been completed while only 40 percent work of the western section has been completed. According to the project office, the poles of the market area are yet to be shifted. According to the office, 23 per cent progress has been made in the construction of big bridges in the eastern section while 25 per cent progress has been made in the western section.

The highway starts from Bangkok of Thailand, passes through Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Kakarbhitta, Kakarvitta of Nepal, and reaches Karachi of Pakistan.TAG_OPEN_div_15 With the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank, the construction of the road started on February 3, 2080 with a plan to complete the project in three years.

The project is estimated to cost $300 million.TAG_OPEN_div_13 The road to be constructed in three categories has been categorized into market area, forest area and rural area. The road will be expanded to 50 metres in the market areas, 24 metres in forest areas and 33 metres in rural areas.