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Nepal sees 675 kilometer blacktopped roads in a year

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The government has blacktopped 675 kilometers of roads out of the targeted 800 kilometers of two-lane roads in the fiscal year 2023/2024.
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By Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: The government has blacktopped 675 kilometers of roads out of the targeted 800 kilometers of two-lane roads in the fiscal year 2023/2024. 



With this, the total length of two-lane blacktopped roads in the country has now reached 18,376 kilometers, according to the government’s annual progress report. 


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The report also highlighted that the goal was to construct 150 kilometers of four-lane roads, but only 78.3 kilometers were completed, bringing the total length of four-lane blacktopped roads to 223 kilometers.


 

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