The much-awaited improvement of the Narayanghat-Mugling highway has formally begun. The key route connecting the country’s eastern and western parts with Pokhara and Kathmandu is being widened under the Nepal-India Regional Trade and Transport Project which is expected to cut travel time considerably.The World Bank has provided a Rs3 billion aid package for the project. The government had constructed the road with Chinese assistance four decades ago.The Narayanghat-Mugling highway experiences the heaviest traffic load in the country, accounting for 90 percent of Nepal’s total international trade traffic. More than 20,000 vehicles ply the highway every day.The project will upgrade and expand a 33-km section of the Narayanghat-Mugling road to Asian Highway standard and address road safety, axle load control and environmental sustainability issues along the trade corridor.
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