Construction of mid-hills highway obstructed

PANCHTHAR, June 15: The ongoing construction of the mid hills highway has been largely affected by the incessant rainfall as the landslides unleashed by heavy rainfall have obstructed transportation of the equipment necessary for the road project.



“We were building six bridges as part of the road project, but landslides have obstructed our work, said Shree Jabegu, an engineer working for the project.

“Landslides have occurred along various points of the road making it impossible for us to continue work. We have not been able to carry equipment to the construction site,” said Jabegu.



The highway will link the hilly areas of the east with those in the western part of the country. Currently, track opening works from Chyangthapu of Panchthar to Chiyobhanjyang near the India and Sikkim border is on.



“We had aimed to complete the 2km stretch connecting Myanglung in Terhathum to Chiyobhanjyang by the end of October. But we may run out of schedule, if the rains continue to obstruct our work,” said Jabegu.



Bridges are being built at Shiwa, Musaysa, Aayog, Thalam, Silsille and Maywa rivers. “Bridges built in between Ganesh Chowk to Chiwabhanjyang have already been completed,” said Jabegu.

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