Chakrapath Road Section Completed and Beautified

Kathmandu. The road section from Narayanagopal Chowk to Chappal Karkhana on the Kathmandu Ring Road currently looks neat and organized. Following the completion of the expansion work on this 700-meter-long road section, lane marking, zebra crossing, and road demarcation have also been finished. The smooth blacktopped road, organized lanes, and clean structures have made this section attractive.

This section was constructed with the allocated budget under the plan to expand the road from Maharajgunj to Dhobikhola (Gopi Krishna). As China will only construct the road from Kalanki to Basundhara in the second phase of Ring Road expansion, the Nepal government expanded the Narayanagopal Chowk–Chappal Karkhana section in between with its own investment.

The Division Road Office, Minbhawan, had contracted M/S Ambuj-Kali SK JV in February 2025 to complete the work by June 2025. However, the construction work was completed nearly a year later than the scheduled time. A budget of 25 crore rupees was allocated for the construction of this road section in the current fiscal year.

This completed road section has been expanded according to the standards of the Kalanki–Koteshwor section of the Ring Road. That 10.39-kilometer road section was expanded with the support of the Chinese government and handed over to Nepal in February 2019. Subsequently, although an understanding was reached between Nepal and China for the expansion of the road from Kalanki to Basundhara under the second phase, the construction process has not yet fully moved forward.

Currently, work is being carried out sequentially in various sections under the Ring Road Expansion Project. The government has put forward a plan to make the Ring Road modern and wider with the objective of managing the increasing vehicle pressure in the Kathmandu Valley. With the completion of the Narayanagopal Chowk–Chappal Karkhana road section, it is expected that traffic management in the Maharajgunj area will also become easier. Photo: Suryams Upreti/Nepal Photo Library