KATHMANDU: The total length of roads across the country reached 36,132 kilometers as of mid-March 2025, according to the Economic Survey presented by Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel in Parliament today.
The report shows that the national and local road networks include 19,163 kilometers of blacktopped roads, 8,204 kilometers of gravel roads, and 8,765 kilometers of dirt roads.
By the end of the last fiscal year (mid-July 2024), the total road length stood at 35,490 kilometers, comprising 18,808 kilometers of blacktopped roads, 8,024 kilometers of gravel roads, and 8,658 kilometers of dirt roads.
Of the 1,879-kilometer Mid-Hill (Pushpalal) Highway, 1,452 kilometers had been blacktopped by mid-July 2024.
An additional 11 kilometers were blacktopped by mid-March 2025, raising the total to 1,463 kilometers. Out of 137 planned bridges on the highway, 107 had been completed by the same period.
Similarly, on the 1,857-kilometer Postal Highway (Hulaki Rajmarg), 1,259 kilometers had been paved by mid-July 2024. By mid-March 2025, an additional 32 kilometers were completed, bringing the total blacktopped length to 1,291 kilometers. Of the 250 planned bridges, 142 had been completed by mid-March.
In the North–South Kaligandaki Corridor, which stretches 447 kilometers, a total of 195 kilometers had been blacktopped by mid-March 2025, particularly along the Gaindakot–Ramdi–Maldhunga section, which spans 245 kilometers.
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