Jomsom, March 13 : Blacktopping of a road linking Thasang Rural Municipality's centre Khanti and Mustang district headquarters Jomsom has started.
The task of blacktopping the
16.5-km Khanti-Jomsom road section has started through the national pride,
Kaligandaki Corridor, Beni-Jomsom Korala Road Project.
Project Chief Jagat Prajapati
shared that the contractor Gauri-Parbati JV has started blacktopping of the
Khanti-Jomsom road section through asphalt technology.
"Over a kilometer road has
been so far blacktopped", he said, adding, "The contractor now has a
stock of bitumen which is sufficient for blacktopping four kilometres road
section. The contractor has pledged to arrange additional bitumen and materials
to blacktop the section up to Jomsom".
Blacktopping is being done on the
road having breadth measuring 11 meters. It is being carried out after the
expansion of road and drainage and construction of wall.
It may be noted that the
Pappu-Gauri-Parbati-Koshi and Neupane JV was awarded a contract of Rs 996.2
million in early 2073 BS for the road-section blacktopping. (RSS)