Arniko Highway Expansion Project Faces Delays

Kathmandu. The expansion work of the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel road section under the Arniko Highway has not yet been fully completed. The work to expand the 16-kilometer-long road, which started three years ago, is still ongoing, causing daily commuters, local residents, and businessmen to suffer from dust, mud, and traffic jams.This road section, stretching from Suryabinayak in Bhaktapur to Dhulikhel in Kavrepalanchok, is being constructed in two packages. The first package is Suryabinayak-Sanga, and the second is Sanga-Dhulikhel. According to the project, the overall physical progress has reached approximately 70 percent. A few months ago, this progress was 67 percent, and before...