Daunne road section to remain closed at night for 15 more days

By Bom Lal Giri, Nawalpur, Apr.29: The Daunne section of the Narayanghat–Butwal road corridor under the East-West Highway will be disrupted six hours a day for another 15 days.

Earlier, the Road Projects Directorate said that the road will be disrupted for 6 hours at night until April 28. However, the time has been extended to 15 more days due to continuous road expansion work.

In a notice issued by the Directorate on Tuesday, it is said that vehicular traffic will be halted from 11 PM to 5 AM until May 14. Earlier, work was done by stopping vehicle traffic for four hours in the afternoon for five days in March.

The project said that during the closure of the road, buses, minibuses, microbuses, and small vehicles heading towards Butwal will be stopped at the Hongsi Cement Gate Dumkibas Bazaar section and vehicles heading towards Narayanghat will be stopped at the Chisapani, Bardaghat section.

The Narayanghat–Butwal road section, which includes the 14-kilometre stretch through Daunne hill, is currently under expansion.

During the night closures, freight vehicles from the east will be halted at Chormara–Arun Khola, while passenger vehicles will stop at Dumkibas bazaar. Similarly, freight vehicles from the west will be stopped at Jyamire and Hakui, while passenger buses will be held at the Bardaghat–Chisapani section.

However, recent rainfall has left the area muddy and may pose additional challenges for both construction and traffic management.

Commuters said that it takes ages to cross just 14 kilometers of the Daunne section.

The traffic police have requested drivers to use an alternative route as the road widening work will be done by stopping the vehicles.

 According to Chief Police Inspector Janak Banjara of the District Traffic Police Office, , vehicles traveling east to west can utilize the Gaindakot to Kaligandaki Corridor route. Specifically, vehicles heading west from Narayanghat can take the route from Butwal to Palpa and then the Kaligandaki Corridor