Myagdi, May 22: The road linking
Mustang district headquarters, Jomsom, with religious tourism site and the
center of Muktichhetra rural municipality, Kagbeni is being blacktopped.
The 13-km-long Jomsom-Kagbeni road
has been widened to 11 meters and is being blacktopped with the use of asphalt
technology.
The Rautah-Atreya JV was awarded a
contract of Rs 281.4 million in August 2022 for blacktopping the Jomsom-Kagbeni
section along the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road, the national pride project.
Project manager of Contractor
Company's Rautah, Sanjay Bhatta, said that prime coat has been placed to
blacktop the two-kilometer road in Eklebhatti area. "We have already
placed prime coat in two kilometers," he said, adding, "We have
imported pips, bitumen and managed necessary equipment."
The task of keeping the base and
sub-base has been completed, he shared, adding, "We have made preparations
to blacktop the Jomsom to Kagbeni section within the current fiscal
year".
The company having a contract of 18
years had paced the given task after frequent warning from the
Beni-Jomsom-Korala road project to confiscate the deposit and blacklist the
contractor.
According to project chief Dhruba
Kumar Jha, gravelling has been made in 75-km out of the 110-km road connecting
Jomsom to Korala bordering Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
Almost 85 percent of the 25-km-long
Charang-Chhoser section has been completed. Jha told RSS that all the sections
connecting Jomsom-Korala border will be graveled after the up-gradation of this
section.