Kathmandu. The face of Khajura Bazaar has changed after the completion of the four-lane road, which was in limbo for the last nine years. The road has been upgraded from the Road Division to the Postal Highway Directorate after the construction company that was responsible for the construction of 1,800 meters of the road in Khajura Bazaar area of Nepalgunj-Gulariya Postal Highway was left in limbo.

Leela Bahadur Bhandari, project chief of the Planning Office Nepalgunj, said that the work of blacktopping of 16 meters of oxphalt and about two meters of footpath has been done in the Khajura Bazaar area. According to him, separate contracts have been awarded for the construction of 1,800 meters of road and the bridge of Pedari Nala under it.

The 27-km Nepalgunj-Gulariya Postal Road was constructed in limbo after the Postal Highway Directorate awarded a contract for the construction of the 27-km Nepalgunj-Gulariya-Postal Road.

The construction company Matahawa-NAT-Statelight JV was awarded the contract from the Postal Highway Directorate’s Planning Office Nepalgunj for Rs 701,069, said Bhandari.

Commuters travelling on the Postal Road had been facing problems for the past nine years after the contractor company handed over the contract for the construction of the four-lane road in 2074 BS from the Road Division in 2074 BS. Khajura Rural Municipality Chairman Dambar BK said that the face of Khajura Bazaar has changed after the upgradation of the road.

According to him, the road was started by Gajurmukhi Construction Company, Ilam in Chaitra 2074 BS and was supposed to be completed by Chaitra 2077. Despite the road division extending the deadline time and again, the project could not be completed due to the negligence of the contractor’s company. The locals had been agitating time and again after the road was also of poor quality. In the meantime, the road division had terminated the contract agreement after the continuous protest of the locals and the negligence of the contractor could not be corrected.

The road which was earlier being constructed by the Road Division has been taken over by the Postal Highway Directorate and upgraded. Chairman BK said that with the upgradation of the road, the access to Khajura Bazaar has also increased.