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Festival-focused road maintenance to begin soon

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: Maintenance of broken and crumbled roads will be carried out to ease travel and transport in times upcoming of the festival.
By Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 19: Maintenance of broken and crumbled roads will be carried out to ease travel and transport in times upcoming of the festival. 


A meeting headed by Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management Mohammad Ishtiyaq Rayi and attended by transport entrepreneurs decided to issue a directive to the Department of the Roads for timely road maintenance in view of the festivals. 


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General-secretary of the Federation of Nepalese National  Transport Entrepreneurs Deknath Gautam said that a decision was made to issue directive to the Department of the Roads to immediately repair the broken roads and highway considering the movement of the passengers on the occasion of festivals, including Dashain, Tihar and Chhath. 


The meeting also decided that the Department of Transport Management will study, discuss and consult on the 21-point demands of the Federation and present the report with its response to the Ministry.


(RSS)

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