CHITWAN: Graveling work has begun on the newly opened track at Krishnabhir along the Prithvi Highway. The work includes widening the road, levelling its surface and laying gravel.
The track is being constructed by cutting into the adjacent hillside after the Trishuli River eroded the base of the road on September 1, causing the highway section to sink. Work is being carried out at a rapid pace from both ends.
Dhiraj Dhakal, an engineer with the Western Section of the Naubise–Muglin Road Project, said gravel was now being laid along the newly opened track.
He said a large number of machines and workers had been mobilised to complete the work within a few days. The Prithvi Highway is a major road link connecting Kathmandu with other parts of the country.
More than 14,000 vehicles travel along the highway daily. The prolonged road disruption has particularly contributed to shortages of food supplies, including cooking gas, in the capital.
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