Total length of roads reaches 36,132 kilometers by mid-March

Kathmandu, May 29: The total length of roads in the country had reached 36,132 kilometers as of mid-March 2025, according to the Economic Survey presented by Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel in Parliament today.

The survey reports that the strategic and local road networks comprise 19,163 kilometers of blacktopped roads, 8,204 kilometers of gravel roads, and 8,765 kilometers of dirt roads.

As of the end of the last fiscal year (mid-July 2024), the road network measured 18,808 kilometers of blacktopped roads, 8,024 kilometers of gravel roads, and 8,658 kilometers of dirt roads-totaling 35,490 kilometers.

Out of the total 1,879 kilometers of the Mid-Hill (Pushpalal) Highway, 1,452 kilometers had been blacktopped by mid-July 2024. An additional 11 kilometers were paved by mid-March 2025, increasing the total blacktopped stretch to 1,463 kilometers. Of the 137 planned bridges along this highway, 107 had been completed by mid-March 2025.

Similarly, on the Postal Highway (Hulaki Rajmarg), 1,259 kilometers out of the total 1,857 kilometers had been blacktopped by mid-July 2024. By mid-March 2025, an additional 32 kilometers were completed, bringing the total to 1,291 kilometers. Of the 250 planned bridges, 142 were completed as of mid-March.

Likewise, in the North–South Kaligandaki Corridor, which spans 447 kilometers, 195 kilometers had been blacktopped by mid-March 2025 along the Gaindakot–Ramdi–Maldhunga section, which measures 245 kilometers. (RSS)