WB pledges Rs 7.4 billion for blacktopping remote roads
Friday, 23 October 2009 14:59
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The World Bank (WB) has pledged a grant assistance worth more than US$ 100 million (Rs 7.45 billion) to  Nepal for the purpose of blacktopping of roads linking remote districts of the country's far western and mid-western regions.

The bank's grant would be spent on blacktopping a 105-km stretch of the Karnali Highway. Similarly, the financial assistance will also be mobilised for blacktopping the road linking the lower section of the Dungeshwor-Siyakot-Dailekh road located below the Surkhet-Jumla road, it is understood.

Of the total of Rs. 7 billion grant assistance, more than Rs. 1 billion will be used for blacktopping sections of the Karnali Highway and the rest will be mobilised for blacktopping roads joining the headquarters of districts like Jajarkot, Darchula, Bajhang, Myagdi and Jomsom, it is learnt.

The WB has already provided a grant of US$ 40.2 million for the ongoing project of blacktopping the 127-km Surkhet-Khitkijhula section of the Karnali Highway in Kalikot district.

The road linking Surkhet and Khitkijhula will be completely blacktopped within this fiscal year. Nepalnews.com


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Kumar pun  - World bank   |64.255.180.xxx |2009-10-24 06:54:59
J hoas aba kun neta ra kun contractor ko bhagye chamkine bho. WB instead of
grantin millons of $ why dnt u grant some skilled human power 2 construct those
thngs coz this politician nither do gud thngs nor lets other 2 do some gud for
nation
Egis BCEOM International  - NEPAL   |96.241.202.xxx |2009-10-24 03:08:53
Dear Julia, Pls. circulate this as appropriate. Thanks! Lourdes
Bharat Kumar Chalaune  - Blacktopping systems   |77.6.218.xxx |2009-10-23 17:42:15
If we use on our roads blacktopped we have to dig the road constructions minimum
50 to 75 cm thick otherwise this only wersting money if we don´t put enough
black materials on the road this road will damage after few years and this cost
more money than, which we spend onece and buildup proper road.

Your
sincerely

Bharat Kumar Chalaune
Bharat Kumar Chalaune  - Rural road project   |77.6.218.xxx |2009-10-23 17:25:03
Dear Sir and dear Madam,
I can not understand about your systems.
Why the
Karnali highway only mentions why not Gulariya to Kothiaghat and direckt from
Nepalgaunj to Kothiaghat we schould build two2 line road completely blacktoped.
This highway is is ver importann for our new Tourist devlopment areas there
schuld be Kothiaghat one of the longest bridge we schould build.

This is how
we can Devlope Economy in our Nepal.

Your sincerely

Bharat Kumar Chalaune
Bir Rana Magar  - black topping the roads of mid and far west   |96.255.193.xxx |2009-10-23 14:23:58
It is a very good work of the WB and Government of Nepal. Keep it up. More
development work should be focused in mid and far western region of Nepal. This
will help reduce the cost of the goods, timely delivery of the goods, reduce the
accident and increase the development work.

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