Benighat: Around 42-km track has been opened along the Benighat-Arughat Larke road that is being constructed to establish linkage of the district with Tibet, China. Vehicles have started plying in a 36-km section of the road.
According to National News Agency Nepal, Purna Chandra Dhakal of the Nepal Army’s road construction task force reported that vehicles are now operating on 36 km of the 42 kilometers track opened by the Nepal Army. The road has been dug up to Pewa of Chumnubri Rural Municipality-3, while vehicles have reached Pangsing. However, movement is restricted on the remaining seven-kilometer stretch as the road debris is yet to be cleared.
Out of the 154 kilometers of Benighat, Arughat, and Larke roads, 92 km stretching from Hawadanda has been constructed by the Nepal Army. Dhakal noted that the Gorkha Road Planning Office has undertaken work on 62 km of the 154-km stretch from Benighat to Hawadanda. The Department of Roads has tasked the Nepal Army with the construction work due to the challenging terrain involving big guards and hard rocks.
The Nepal Army has also handed over the section up to Dobhan to the Gorkha Road Planning Office. Additionally, Dhakal mentioned that a bailey bridge has been constructed at Machhikhola to facilitate vehicle movement even during the rainy season.
Dhakal further stated that the Government of Nepal has allocated Rs 70 million for the construction of two kilometers of track this fiscal year, with the work under the allocated budget nearly completed.