HETAUDA, NOV 09 - Deputy Prime Minister Bijay Gachhadar and other Cabinet ministers inaugurated the Kathmandu-Nijgad fast track amid a function at Budune of Makwanpurgadi
The 76 km track will link Khokana of Lalitpur with Nijgad of Bara. The government has assigned Nepal Army (NA) with the job of opening the track and the project is expected to complete in two years. The government has already allocated Rs. 250 million for the project. “This track will prove to be the backbone of the nation’s development. It will change the face of Nepal’s eco-nomy,” claimed the deputy prime minister after laying the foundation. Chief of Army Staff Chattraman Gurung said the NA will complete the project within the announced deadline if the government ensures that the undertaking does not face budgetary or bureaucratic hiccups. He informed that more than 1,000 NA personnel will be mobilised to open the track.
Once the track is opened, the government plans to construct a four-lane highway with 120 bridges and one kilometre long tunnel at Thigan of Makwanpur district. The entire project is estimated to cost Rs. 56 billion. Once the project is completed, travel from Kathmandu to Nijgad is expected to take only an hour. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was scheduled to inaugurate the fast track, but he could not make it as he was taken ill. The inauguration took place amid tight security as UCPN (Maoist) activists had gathered near the programme venue to protest against the government. The Maoists shouted slogans against the prime minister and the president from a distance as security personnel had surrounded the programme venue.
Once the track is opened, the government plans to construct a four-lane highway with 120 bridges and one kilometre long tunnel at Thigan of Makwanpur district. The entire project is estimated to cost Rs. 56 billion. Once the project is completed, travel from Kathmandu to Nijgad is expected to take only an hour. Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was scheduled to inaugurate the fast track, but he could not make it as he was taken ill. The inauguration took place amid tight security as UCPN (Maoist) activists had gathered near the programme venue to protest against the government. The Maoists shouted slogans against the prime minister and the president from a distance as security personnel had surrounded the programme venue.
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