According to a press release issued on Monday, Regmi has asked officials concerned to take strong action against contractors who are delaying road expansion works on different pretexts. [break]
“The expansion on main roads in the capital should be in top priority,” the release quoted Regmi as saying in a meeting of high-level road monitoring committee held on Monday.
“Road expansion works should move in the same pace as the demolition drive along the roads,” Regmi said, adding, “But, do take care of people´s property whenever possible.”
Meanwhile, Regmi also directed the officials to take care of places of historical and archaeological importance when expanding roads. “Take this program as a campaign. But please think before destroying people´s houses and properties,” he told the meeting.
Regmi also asked the officials to work on making the capital greener.
According to the release, Krishna Hari Baskota, secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers (OPMCM), told Regmi that 90 percent of the road expansion works will be completed by the end of current fiscal year 2012/13.
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