KATHMANDU: The track-opening and up-gradation work of Koshi corridor under the north-south corridor project has resumed.
The Nepal Army had been entrusted to open the 14-km track of the corridor 10 months ago. The up-gradation of 10-km road is currently underway and 39-km road is being black-topped, said the Koshi corridor Khandbari-Kimathanka road project.
The Ministry of Finance has approved a budget of Rs 2.6 billion for blacktopping the road, said Project Chief Gautam Kumar Shrestha.
The track from Dhongpa of Bhotkhola rural municipality to Chyamtang of Shankhuwasabha has yet to be opened. A 134-km road stretching from district headquarters Khandbari to Chyamtang in the north has been constructed.
A 14-km track stretching from Nepal-China border Kimathanka to Dhongpa in the south has been opened. Only the middle section of the road is yet to be constructed, according to the project.
Out of the total 162-km road, 148-km track has been constructed. The remaining 14-km track has been given to the Nepal Army.
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