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Festival-focused road maintenance to begin



KATHMANDU: Maintenance of broken and crumbled roads will be carried out to ease travel and transport during the time of the festival.

A meeting headed by Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management Mohammad Ishtiaq Rai and attended by transport entrepreneurs decided to issue directives to the Department of the Roads for timely road maintenance in view of the festivals.

General-secretary of the Federation of Nepalese National Transport Entrepreneurs Deknath Gautam told RSS that a decision was made to issue a directive to the Department of the Roads to immediately repair the broken roads and highways considering the movement of the passengers on the occasion of festivals, including Dashain, Tihar and Chhath.

The meeting also decided that the Department of Transport Management will study, discuss and consult on the 21-point demands of the Federation and present the report with its response to the Ministry.

Publish Date : 19 September 2022 11:19 AM

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