Chinese team arriving March 15 for road expansion work

KATHMANDU, March 5: A team of workers from China is arriving here March 15 in connection with expanding the nine-kilometre Kalanki-Koteswor road in Kathmandu. The road section is to be expanded to a 10-lane road and it is being carried out with the grant assistance of the Government of China.



An agreement to expand the section of the ring road was signed here on Tuesday between the Department of Roads and Shanghai Construction Group.Director General of the Department of Roads, Dinkar Sharma, and Deputy Director General of Shanghai Construction Group, Shen Caxing, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.[break]



The expansion work would begin within the next three months as per an agreement reached in principle to expand the ring road during the official visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to Kathmandu in January earlier this year.



The expansion is estimated to cost four billion rupees and it would include a four-lane each road on the left and the right, and one lane each for cyclists and pedestrian with three overhead bridges in between, according to Director General Sharma.





"Some 200 major workers and necessary equipment will be brought here from China and as it would take at least two months to make arrangements for their accommodation, the work will begin after three months", added Sharma, quoting a section of the bilateral agreement. RSS

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