85 percent work completed on Beni-Jomsom-Korala section of Kaligandaki Corridor

Mustang, March 19: So far, 85 percent of the work on the Beni-Jomsom-Korala section of the Kaligandaki Corridor has been completed under the North-South Trade Route Expansion Project.    

Except for the nine projects added in the current fiscal year, the overall physical progress of the section has reached 85 percent, the Project has stated.    

Information Officer of Beni-Jomsom-Korala Road Project Bishnu Chapagain, said that 85 percent physical progress has been made towards upgrading the road and 84 percent towards construction of bridges and culverts.    

He said that the construction of the national pride project connecting the northern Korala border transit point was started from the fiscal year 2016/17.    

According to Project Information Officer Chapagain, seven big and small roads have been blacktopped while six roads have been graveled under the road expansion project. He said the blacktopping and upgrading of the road has been completed in seven phases including Beni Kalipul, Beni Galeshwor, Tatopani to Kaiku, Kaiku to Kowang and Jomsom Kagbeni section of Myagdi.    

Chapagain added that the work on the Jomsom-Korala section has been completed in six phases and the graveling work on 25 kilometres of Charang-Chhoser section has reached the final stage.    

According to him, contract was signed for blacktopping 105-km road and of this 75-km blacktopping has been completed. Similarly, out of 110 km Jomsom-Korala section, gravelling has been completed on 90 km of the road, according to the Project Office.    

Of the 19 bridges that were to be constructed under the Project, 14 have already been completed while the rest are under construction, said Chapagain, the information officer at the Project Office.    

Of the 14 bridges completed, nine were constructed in Mustang section and five in Myagdi section.  (RSS)