{"id":412471,"date":"2025-07-06T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=412471"},"modified":"2025-07-06T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T06:25:45","slug":"pm-oli-set-to-inaugurate-kharpu-bailey-bridge-connecting-simkot-to-national-road-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/07\/06\/412471.html","title":{"rendered":"PM Oli set to inaugurate Kharpu Bailey Bridge, connecting Simkot to national road network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Simkot:<\/strong> Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is inaugurating the Kharpu Bailey Bridge over Chuwa khola at Khaarpunath in Humla, officially linking Simkot\u2014the last district headquarters\u2014to Nepal\u2019s national road network.<\/p>\n<p>The 48-meter bridge, completed by the Nepal Army in just 40 days, was constructed after delays in building a concrete bridge under the Karnali Corridor.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to build a bailey bridge came last October following joint efforts from all political parties and the initiative of CPN-UML leader Pradeep Gyawali, under Prime Minister Oli\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Prime Minister Oli, Minister for Physical Infrastructure Devendra Dahal, Defense Minister Manvir Rai, and Chief of Army Staff Ashok Sigdel are attending the inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge marks a key milestone in the 23-year Karnali Corridor project, which also aims to enhance trade through the Hilsa and Jamunaha border crossings.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister&#8217;s Oli&#8217;s Humla visit focuses on five goals: connecting Simkot to the road network, promoting Karnali\u2019s development, upgrading the Hilsa checkpoint, linking with the BRI, and exploring petroleum potential in Jaljale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 48-meter bridge, completed by the Nepal Army in just 40 days, was constructed after delays in building a concrete bridge under the Karnali Corridor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":412269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-412471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412472,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412471\/revisions\/412472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412471"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=412471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}