The 23 km road linking Jamunaha-Kohalpur and Rajha Chowk to airport, which was built seven years ago, has become non-operational at three different places as a result. [break]The blacktopped road has been damaged at Ganeshmanchok, Karkado and Hawaldarpur.
Ramesh Sharma, a local claimed the road was damaged while it was being repaired due to the use of sub-standard materials. “If a blacktopped road constructed seven years ago lasts till now, how can a road whose maintenance began three months ago get damaged?” Sharma questioned.
Repair works along the road began after Road division-3, Nepalgunj and Regional Road Directorate, Surkhet allocated around Rs 300 million for the purpose. However, repair works has come to a halt after it couldn´t be completed within three months, the deadline set for the work.
“Since we have to repair the road, we´ve extended the deadline,” Hom Bahadur AC, engineer at Road Division, Nepalgunj, said.
AC blamed lack of a proper sewage system and disorganized construction for the road damage.
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