The Nepal Purbadhar Bikar Company (NPBC), a private firm assigned to construct the tunnel road, on Wednesday pledged to start the construction works of the mega project from January during a meeting held under the chair of Vice-Chairman of the National Planning Commission Deependra Bahadur Kshetry. [break]
Kshetry is also the chairman of the Project Coordination Committee.
The NPBC has said that the detailed project report (DPR) of the route would be prepared by mid-November and the entire works of the tunnel highway would be completed within the next three and a half years.
Joint-Secretary at the Commission Gopinath Mainali said that the government has given top priority to this project and is willing to develop this track as an Asian route.
Even the commoners can invest in the project which is being built on private public partnership (PPP), Mainali added.
The government and NPBC on May 13 had signed a Memorandum of Understating for the construction of the 51-km long route with the total investment of Rs 21 billion.
Mainali said that the route would be 54 kilometers long, three kilometers long than the previous agreement and the estimated cost also is increased to Rs 23.3 billion.
After the completion of the project, the passengers would reach Hetauda within an hour by motors.
In today´s meeting, secretaries of different ministries, company´s technicians and other stakeholders were present.
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