Chhusang-Chaile road section under Kaligandaki corridor upgraded

MYAGDI, Aug 11: The Chhusang-Chaile section of Mustang along the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road under the Kaligandaki corridor linking China and India has been upgraded. 

The company which was awarded the contract for placing gravels on the five-kilometer road from Baragung Muktichhetra-3, Chhusang to Chaile has completed the task before the stipulated deadline. 

Information Officer at the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road project, engineer Bishnu Chapagain shared 95 percent physical progress has been made in the contract that has the timeline up to August 31. 

Rohit & Chhering DS Builders United JV Construction was awarded the contract worth Rs 43.1 million last year for gravelling the road, building culvert and drainage construction as well as preserving the Chhusang-based Mustang gate bridge. 

Jeevan Rokaya, a representative of the contractor company, said despite adverse geography and weather coupled with economic crisis, the task has been completed within the deadline due to adequate equipment, mobilization of workers, management of construction materials, coordination with the project office and local level. 

The Chusang-Chaile road up-gradation plan has imparted a message that delay in the construction works can be removed if the builders have the will power with enabling working environment at local level.