{"id":371118,"date":"2024-01-26T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T02:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/?p=371118"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T05:46:09","slug":"muglin-pokhara-road-blacktopping-using-asphalt-technology-starts-in-west-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2024\/01\/26\/371118.html","title":{"rendered":"Muglin-Pokhara road: Blacktopping using asphalt technology starts in west section"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 26, Kathmandu:<\/strong> Blacktopping has started in the west section of Tanahun under the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Muglin-Pokhara road project (west section) has begun blacktopping the road from Shuklagandaki municipality-2, Haledi of the district under the Jamune-Pokhara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Road Section&#8217;s engineer and Information Officer Narayan Poudel shared that 420-meter one-way blacktopping was done on the first day on Thursday. According to him, the target is to blacktop the one-way five-kilometre section by coming March 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> He further shared that blacktopping will also be carried out from Jamune of Myagde rural municipality and Belchautara of Shuklagandaki municipality from today onward. &#8220;Now the work will be expedited and the blacktopping work will continue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Necessary human resources and equipment are ready&#8221;. In the first phase, only one-way blacktopping will be done and two-way will be taken ahead once the one-way work goes ahead, he said. The road project has taken forward the blacktopping using asphalt technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the western section, the work from Jamun to Pokhara started from 29 August 2021 after signing an agreement on 14 May 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contract for the construction of the section was awarded to the Chinese Company, Yanhui Kaiyun Highway and Bridge Construction for Rs 7.40 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline for completing the construction of the western section is August 2024. Shankar Panta, a local, said they have become optimistic after the blacktopping started. &#8220;The locals who were fed up with the dust and mud on the road are happy with blacktopping work making progress after a long time since the road expansion started,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further said they would also continuously monitor to ensure quality in the construction works. The work progress in the section of the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project has been quite slow. As shared, materials needed for the blacktopping 20-km section in the western part have been arranged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Likewise, around 20-km section of the eastern section has already been blacktopped. The contract for the eastern section was awarded to China Communications Construction. It has a deadline of mid-May 2024. RSS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26, Kathmandu: Blacktopping has started in the west section of Tanahun under the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project. The Muglin-Pokhara road project (west section) has begun blacktopping the road from Shuklagandaki municipality-2, Haledi of the district under the Jamune-Pokhara. 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