KATHMANDU: A total of 83 kilometres of foot trails have been constructed under the Great Himalayan Trail.

According to the annual progress report of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation for the fiscal year 2019/20, construction work was done under the Great Himalayan Trail in four different sections in one year.

Under this, a 10-km-long trekking route has been constructed from Jiri of Dolakha to Chaurikharka, Lukla of Solukhumbu to the Everest Base Camp. Likewise, a 20-km-long foot-trail has been constructed in Langtang of Rasuwa under the Great Himalayan Trail.

According to the ministry, a 20-kilometer-long structure has been constructed on the trekking route from Helambu Thadepati in Sindhupalchowk to Langtang.

Meanwhile, a 15-kilometer trekking route has been constructed for the trek to Chho-Rolpa.

A footpath has been constructed to reach Chho Rolpa through Khare Sotali. According to the ministry, trekking route has also been constructed in Kanchenjunga region and Makalu region of the Great Himalayan Trail. A 7-kilometer foottrail has been completed in Kanchenjunga, 8 kilometers in Makalu and 8 kilometers in Yarsa Trail.

Out of the 4,500 km long Great Himalayan Trail, Nepal alone covers about 1,700 km. It covers the area from Kanchenjunga in Taplejung in the east to Darchula in the west.

The government has a policy of making the structure of the Great Himalayan trekking of the same quality from east to west.