KATHMANDU: The Department of Roads (DoR) has spent about Rs 3 billion in the construction, expansion and repair of roads across the country during the two-month lockdown.
Similarly, DOR has spent around 15 percent of total in the Kathmandu Valley for blacktop and repair roads.
Likewise, over 12,000 potholes were maintained inside the valley and now the Kathmandu city is free from potholes.
All 33 divisions of the department were involved in some work on roads, bridges and periodic maintenance even after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus infection, Keshab Kumar Sharma, Director-General at DoR, said.
Some 41-km of the road in the Kathmandu Valley has been blacktopped and repaired from March 24, 2020 to May 23, 2020, Sharma said, adding that works worth Rs 400 million had been completed within the period inside the valley alone, The Rising Nepal reported.
The repair and maintenance have been completed and only works relating to expansion are going on currently, Sharma said.
Work to expand road is underway in Chabahil-Baudha-Jorpati, Jorpati-Sitapaila, Jorpati-Sankhu and Gwarko-Lubhu-Lamatar. Similarly, expansion of Tikabhairab-Lele and Nikoshera in Bhaktapur is also underway, the DoR said.
Blacktopping and construction of roads at Dholahiti-Lele, Karmanasha Khola-Godawari Kunda, Imadol-Lamatar and Jorpati-Sundarijal have started.
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