Narayangadh-Muglin road to be closed from today afternoon
The road is going to be closed for a month. The road will be closed from 11 am to 3 pm.
KATHMANDU: Traffic will be stopped on the Narayangadh-Muglin road section from today for four hours every day. The road has to be stopped because the wall has to be cut for the construction of the bridge on the road section.
The road is going to be closed for a month. The road will be closed from 11 am to 3 pm. The vehicular traffic is going to be stopped for the construction of Simaltal, Kalikhola, Tuin Khola and Chisenji Khola bridges in geographically difficult places.
According to Chief District Officer Asman Tamang, passenger buses, minibuses, microbuses and small vehicles going towards Narayangadh are going to be stopped at 11 am from Pande Kilo Bazar to Jugedi.
Heavy vehicles such as cargo trucks, lorries, trailers, tippers, tankers will be stopped from Bhateri Jungle to Ramnagar from 10:50 am.
Passenger vehicles coming from Kathmandu direction will be stopped from Muglin Bazar to Mankamana Cable Car Gate and passenger vehicles coming from Pokhara from Benitar to Power House will be stopped at 10:55 am.
Cargo vehicles coming from Kathmandu will be stopped at Lebatar and cargo vehicles coming from Pokhara will be stopped at Aanbu Khairahani at 10:45 am.
From 11 am to 3 am, emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire engines will be stopped depending on the availability. The traffic office will coordinate the vehicles operating between Pokhara-Kathmandu for smooth operation.
The builders will mobilize sufficient resources and manpower to speed up the construction work. The repair work of the road section will also be done at this time.
There are 20 bridges on the Narayangadh-Muglin road section. Five of them have been built. The remaining bridges are under construction. Kiran Karki, Project Manager of Nagadhunga Muglin Road Project West Section (Narayangadh-Muglin) informed that the work has been advanced so that 10 bridges can be built by next Ashar (June/July). An agreement was made to complete the bridge in 33 months on Chait 10, 2076 (23 March , 2020). The contract period is ending on Dec 24.
The bridge is going to be built with the help of World Bank loan. He says that work is underway to complete 13 bridges by Ashar (June/July). According to Karki, among them, Seti Dobhan, Dumre, Tope, Long Sand and Khare two bridges will be completed within three months.
He informed that Tuin and Jugedi bridges will take some more time. Along with the road expansion, a new bridge is going to be constructed in the places where there are narrow bridges.
Currently, the road is 9 to 11 meters wide. The bridge has been divided into two parts and the contract has been awarded. Package-1 has seven bridges from Muglin to Khare, Chimpanji, Tuin, Kali, Tope, Nyamsi and Riddhikhola. Package-2 has eight bridges including Jugedi, Khare, Khor, Lamobalua, Bhorle, Dumre, Simaltal and Setidovan.
The total contract amount of package-1 is Rs 67 crore 99 lakh. The total contract amount of the second package is 595 million. The bridge is going to be built with the help of the World Bank. Anak Construction is doing both the contracts.
The space for vehicles on the bridge will be 7.5 meters wide. On both sides, a 1.5 meter wide footpath and 25 cm railings have been set aside. Karki says that the road had to be closed as the steep hill had to be cut at the place where the bridge was to be built.
