Instructions to the government to complete the construction of fast track within the stipulated time

The meeting of the committee held on Friday instructed the Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Defense to provide necessary cooperation and coordination to solve the problem in the Khokna area of ​​the expressway and complete the project on time. Informing about the decision made by the meeting, the Chairman of the Committee, Ramhari Khatiwada, said, "It has been decided to give instructions to the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Defense for the necessary cooperation and coordination in order to solve the problem of coughing immediately and complete the fast track on time." The

committee has decided to give instructions to the Ministry of Forests and Environment to provide support to the efforts of the army and to facilitate the necessary projects with the work that can be done within the stipulated time. On Friday, the committee called the senior officials of the Nepali Army, including Chief of Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, to get information about the expressway and other roads being built by the Nepali Army. In the meeting, Commander-in-Chief Sharma said that the expressway will be constructed at the appointed time.

Similarly, the committee has also instructed to provide sufficient budget for the roads being built by the army including the Darchula-Tinkar road. The committee has also instructed the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense to provide risk allowance to all soldiers working in the area. The committee is going to instruct the Office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defense to complete all the road projects being built by the Nepali Army on time and to make necessary decisions and facilitate the projects of peace and national pride. The committee It has also decided to conduct on-site study and observation of all the projects made by the Nepali Army, including the Kathmandu-Tarai-Madhesh Expressway.

The progress of the overall project has reached 33.20 percent in 6 years when the Nepali Army took over the management of the 70.977 km fast track from Lalitpur's Khokna to Bara's Nijgarh.

However, the physical progress of the 6 tunnels being constructed under this project is 76 percent. Currently, the construction of three tunnels is ongoing. The longest road tunnel is also being constructed here. 3 tunnels of 1.430 km in Lendanda, 1.630 km in Dhedre and 3.355 km in Mahadeotar are under construction.

2.138 km of tunneling out of 3.355 km in Mahadevtar has been completed. Similarly, out of 1.630 km of Dhedre Tunnel, 1.398 km tunneling work has been completed. According to the project, 1.350 km of Lendanda tunnel, which has a distance of 1.430 km, has been excavated. The total distance of 3 tunnels is 6.415 km, now only 1.529 km is left to be excavated.

The responsibility of the construction management of the expressway was given to the army by the cabinet decision in 074 Baisakh. According to which the work should be completed by 081 November. Since the work could not be completed during that period, the deadline has been extended till 083 Chait. Its initial estimated budget was 1 trillion 75 billion rupees. With the extension of the deadline, the cost has also been increased to 2 trillion 11 billion 93 crore rupees. So far 31.57 percent has been spent. As the progress of the overall project is low so far, there is a suspicion that the work will be completed even in the extended time. According to infrastructure experts, more than 5,000 vehicles will ply on the route after construction and operation of the fast track. It is estimated that annual fuel savings will be 10 billion and vehicle maintenance will save 15 billion rupees.

Similarly, as it will be developed as a transportation route connecting two neighboring countries, China and India, experts say that it has a separate strategic importance. After the construction of the fast track, one can reach the capital from Nijgarh in 1 hour and 2 minutes.

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