October 15, 2026, Thursday
English

Permanent reconstruction of damaged BP highway begins

Main News Image

Kavrepalanchok. The construction of the BP highway, which has been damaged by repeated floods and landslides, has been started permanently. Divisional Road Office Bhaktapur has informed that the permanent reconstruction of the damaged road section of the highway, which is a short distance connecting the eastern and central hilly areas of Nepal with the federal capital Kathmandu, has been started from three places.

Last year in the second week of October and this year in the third week of October, the flood caused damage to about 30 km of roads in the Kavrepalanchok and Sindhuli section of the highway. According to the office, the damaged highway, which was put into operation temporarily since last year, has been permanently constructed after the flood swept away various sections of the road.

Suman Yogesh, Chief Divisional Engineer of the office informed that the contract has been signed for the permanent reconstruction of three of the damaged road sections and the work has been started. According to him, permanent construction work has been started from the three damaged sections towards Kavrepalanchok including Chowkidanda, Mangaltar, Narke Gimdi.

mediabaaji add

Related News

Trivia students demanded 50 percent concession in IPL

Kathmandu. The student organizations have asked for 50 percent subsidy for the Nepal Premier League NPL starting from November 1st. The students are demanding that the students of the Central Campus of the University s...

The minimum temperature of Kathmandu valley dropped by 3 degree Celsius in one day

Kathmandu. The minimum temperature of Kathmandu valley has dropped sharply. According to meteorologist Rojan Lamichhane of the weather forecasting division, the minimum temperature of Kathmandu valley has dropped to 6....

Bhotekoshi flood: It is estimated that 95 billion will be spent to remove and manage the debris

Kathmandu. It is estimated that more than 95.42 billion rupees will be spent to remove the stones, mud, sand and building debris accumulated due to the flood in the Bhotekoshi river and for immediate and long-term restoration. This data was releas...

Rescue of 883 people including 350 people trapped in Upper Trishuli Hydropower tunnel by Nepali Army

Kathmandu. After the devastating flood in Bhotekoshi of Rasuwa district, the news that people were trapped inside the tunnel of Upper Trishuli Hydropower since yesterday had raised concern all around. However, facing a very risky and challenging s...

Lumbini Chief Minister Acharya will take the vote of confidence on August 1

Butwal. Chief Minister of Lumbini Province Chetnarayan Acharya has prepared to take a vote of confidence from the provincial assembly on August 1. After the Nepali Congress withdrew its support to the state government on July 12, according to the...

After the bursting of the lake, the flood came down from Syafrubesi in Rasuwa, an appeal to be on high alert

Kathmandu. After the bursting of a natural lake formed near the confluence of the Chochen River in China's Tibet and the Purepu Tsangpo River in Nepal, a severe flood has descended from Syafrubesi in Rasuwa. According to the Flood Forecasting Divi...