45-km roads being upgraded on internal resource

Kanchanpur: Krishnapur Municipality is upgrading 45 km of roads in the current fiscal year.

The municipality has started upgrading roads at the rate of five kilometres each in all the nine wards of the municipality. In the first phase, work started from Maluwela at ward no. 4.

Mayor Hemraj Ojha said the road has been upgraded using tippers, loaders, tractors and rollers available in the municipality.

A budget of Rs 5 million has been allocated for upgrading the roads. “It is estimated that Rs 1 million will be spent to upgrade one kilometre of road through the user committee,” Mayor Ojha shared.

The locals have taken ownership of the road up-gradation when it is being undertaken with the mobilization of internal resources.

Last year, the municipality had upgraded 25 kilometers of roads. In the current fiscal year, the road is being blacktopped in the municipality area at a cost of Rs 120 million received from the federal and province governments.