Construction of road linking Katunje to Hetauda begins

Construction of a road linking Katunje of Kavrepalanchowk district and Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, has been started.

The road construction from Katunje of BP Highway to Hetauda via Kharpachowk, Lekhpani-Sungure-Budhakhani-Phoksingtar-Gokule-Taldhunga has begun.

Bagmati province government had guaranteed Rs 946 million in the last fiscal year for the road construction. According to Infrastructure Development Office, the construction of the road has begun with the allocation of Rs 70 million in the current fiscal year. Tender has already been announced for upgrading the 15 kilometers long road in the first phase.

Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning of Bagmati province government, Bahadur Singh Lama, Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development, Yubraj Dulal, Minister for Water Supply, Energy and Irrigation, Tirtha Lama, and Province Assembly member Ratna Dhakal jointly laid the foundation stone for the road at Katunje of Roshi rural municipality amidst a function on Monday.