Bagmati Province Constructs 1,640 km of Blacktopped Roads in Six Years

Makwanpur. The Bagmati Province government has constructed approximately 1,700 kilometers of blacktopped (paved) roads in the last six years. A total of 1,640.19 kilometers of paved roads have been constructed from the fiscal year 2077/078 to the present.

According to the Province Government's Economic Survey 2083, the province government constructed 279.75 kilometers of paved roads in the fiscal year 2077/078, while 264.73 kilometers were constructed in fiscal year 2078/079, 400.80 kilometers in fiscal year 2079/080, 290.51 kilometers in fiscal year 2080/081, 278.32 kilometers in 2081/082, and 126.08 kilometers of paved roads have been constructed by the end of February in the current fiscal year 2082/083.

From the fiscal year 2077/078 to the end of February in the current fiscal year, the province government has constructed 701.06 kilometers of new roads, upgraded 833.40 kilometers of existing roads, and carried out regular maintenance on 2,078.90 kilometers of roads. In the current fiscal year (2082/083), by the end of February, 13.54 kilometers of new road tracks have been constructed under road infrastructure by the province government, along with 82.15 kilometers of gravel roads and 126.08 kilometers of paved (blacktopped) roads.

To facilitate road transportation, 476.1 kilometers of roads have undergone regular maintenance and 57.64 kilometers of roads have undergone periodic maintenance.

For the development of road and bridge infrastructure in Bagmati Province, under the provincial highway plan, 166.288 kilometers of paved roads (blacktopped and concrete) and 48.918 kilometers of gravel roads have been constructed by the end of February of the current fiscal year.

Similarly, under the provincial route, 428.509 kilometers of paved roads (blacktopped and concrete) and 136.844 kilometers of gravel roads have been constructed, while under urban and local roads, 1,496.69 kilometers of paved roads (blacktopped and concrete) and 856.428 kilometers of gravel roads have been constructed.

Access to Local Level Centers

By February 2082, the province government has connected all 119 local level centers within Bagmati Province to the road network. Of these, 90 local level centers are already connected by paved roads, while the remaining 29 local level centers are yet to be connected by paved roads.

According to the Province Government's Economic Survey, 2 local level centers in Dolakha district of the province are yet to be connected by paved roads. In these local levels, unpaved roads have already been constructed. Paved roads are yet to be connected to 4 local level centers in Ramechhap, 1 in Sindhuli, 3 each in Kavre, Makwanpur, and Sindhupalchok, 2 in Rasuwa, 5 in Nuwakot, and 4 in Dhading. All local level centers in Chitwan are connected by paved roads.

From the fiscal year 2077/078 to the present, the province government has constructed 147 road bridges. During the same period, the province government has constructed 35 suspension bridges.

In the last fiscal year (2081/082), the province government constructed a total of 38 road bridges and 7 suspension bridges, and by the end of February of the current fiscal year, an additional 20 road bridges and 3 suspension/truss bridges have been constructed.

The province government has constructed the most road bridges in Makwanpur. Including the Hetauda-Kathmandu road, a total of 175 road bridges have been constructed in various locations in Makwanpur. In Nuwakot, 19 bridges have been constructed; in Dhading and Sindhuli, 17 each; in Chitwan and Kathmandu, 16; in Sindhupalchok and Kavre, 15 each; in Bhaktapur, 11; in Dolakha and Ramechhap, 9 each; in Lalitpur, 6; and only 1 road bridge has been constructed in Rasuwa.