KAVREPALANCHOWK, August 31: The road from Sanga to Dhulikhel in Kavrepalanchowk is to be expanded in three years. This is part of a drive to widen the road from Suryabinayak to Dhulikhel along the Araniko Highway.
In this connection, the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel, Dhulikhel-Sindhuli-Bardibas road project has solicited bids.
The project has recently prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) and put forward its construction process. The government has called for bids with an estimated cost of Rs 4.89 billion for the expansion of Sanga -Dhulikhel road through internal resources.
After the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) pulled out from the project, the Department of Roads had intensified its preparation to put forward the construction work on its own.
Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel road expansion moves ahead
It requires Rs 9 billion for the expansion of the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel road as per the DPR. Project's senior divisional engineer Shambhu Prasad Acharya said the bidding was called for the expansion of Sanga-Dhulikhel road along the Kavrepalanchowk section under the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel road widening drive as problems had surfaced in 1.5 to 2-km section of the road in Sanga as per the report.
The Kavrepalanchowk section stretching from Sanga to Dhulikhel is around 10 kilometers. According to Acharya, the contract winner is obliged to complete the construction within three years and also should take up responsibility for maintenance of the constructed road up to one year.
The process to this effect would be completed in mid-September and contract signing would be done by mid-September.
As per the DPR, the contractor should construct a motorable four-lane road and service lane with two-meter footpath on both sides.
Acharya shared that the construction work would gain momentum from mid-October this year.
A separate bid will be solicited for the construction and widening of the road from Sanga to Suryabinayak.
It may be noted that the project had issued a 35-day notice in July urging the owners to remove unauthorized structures from both sides of the highway.
The Department of Roads had initiated the process to expand the road from Dhulikhel to Bhaktapur via Banepa some years ago, taking into consideration huge traffic pressure.
(RSS)
