October 6, 2026, Tuesday
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Busy work on the west section of the Pokhara-Muglin road

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Kathmandu. Work on the western section of the Pokhara-Muglin road has been accelerated with the goal of being able to build it by next June. The physical progress of the road section connecting Pokhara's Seti Bridge to Tanahun's Jamune has reached 77.47 percent and the financial progress has reached 62.20 percent. Krishna Bahadur Kunwar, the chief engineer of the said section, said that the work will be completed on schedule except for sporadic work.

In this section of total distance of 38.71 km, 37.28 km of the second phase has been paved so far. Engineer Kunwar informed that 17.66 km of the total 36.32 km service lane has been paved so far. He said that 105 culverts have been constructed and the construction of drains is also in the final stage. Out of 13 bridges in this section, 12 bridges have been constructed.

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