CHITWAN, July 22: With the objective of curbing accidents, cable barrier system has been installed in Narayanghat-Mugling road section. This system has been used in two of the most accident-prone areas of the highway.

CHITWAN, April 28: The upgradation work of Narayanghat-Mugling road section is unlikely to meet even the fourth deadline, according to the project's senior divisional engineer Govind Khanal.

CHITWAN, March 22: The deadline for the construction of Narayanghat-Mugling road section has been extended by three months more.

CHITWAN, Jan 14: The under-construction Narayanghat-Mugling road section will remain open for 24 hours for the next four days from Saturday.

CHITWAN, Jan 13: The under construction road section of Narayanghat-Mugling will be opened for 24 hours for next four days from Saturday.

CHITWAN, Nov 12: Traffic along the Narayangadh-Mugling road section will affected with hiatus from today until further notified. While construction works in the past forced complete closure during maintenance, this time, vehicles will pass on a timely basis during construction.

Narayanghat-Mugling road obstructed

August 13, 2017 03:00 am

CHITWAN, Aug 12: Landslides trigged by heavy rainfall have obstructed the Narayanghat-Mugling road section.

CHITWAN, August 3: Kiran Pandey, 25, was returning home to Aam Chowk of Ilam district after three years of foreign employment in Dubai. He had brought clothes and chocolates for kids and some home necessities with the hard-earned money that he earned by sweating in a foreign land. On the way home on Wednesday, the bus he was traveling in (Na 6 Kha 7121) met an accident along Narayanghat-Mugling road section and he narrowly escaped death.

KATHMANDU, July 23: The Narayanghat-Mugling road section saw recurring obstructions the past year, but it had little effect on the vegetable supply of the Kathmandu Valley. A surplus of vegetable supply from neighboring districts has prevented substantial change in the price, which is different in comparison to the previous year's high prices.

CHITWAN, July 9: The under-maintenance section of Narayanghat-Mugling road is set to be closed at night from Sunday, July 7.

CHITWAN, July 1: Hundreds of passengers have been standard as the Narayanghat-Mugling road remains blocked for the past two days due to landslides. No vehicle passed through the road section on Friday and Saturday.

CHITWAN, June 30: Vehicular movement along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section is likely to disrupt up to Saturday afternoon with massive landslide in the area nearby Kalikhola on Friday.

CHITWAN, June 27: Government negligence and the failure to adopt safety measures coupled with the delay in its upgradation have made the Narayanghat-Mugling road section, considered to be the country's lifeline, 'the highway of death'.

CHITWAN, June 25: With the onset of the monsoon rains, as many as 29 places along the under-construction Narayanghat-Mugling road section have been flagged as potentially risky due to possible landslides. The Narayanghat-Mugling Road Section Project Office, construction officials and security personnel expect the situation to be more critical in the coming days as landslides have already started occurring almost on a daily basis along the road section.

CHITWAN, April 19: Dry landslides on the hills along the Narayanghat-Muglin road section which is currently undergoing repair have been a great threat to vehicles as well as pedestrians.

CHITWAN, March 28: Narayan-Mugling road section will remain closed for six hours daily until the next arrangement is made.

CHITWAN, March 24: Although the Naryangadh-Muglin Road Upgrading Project (NMRUP) had announced to halt vehicular movement for six hours a day as to expedite the renovation work, the locals are still doubtful whether the snail-paced construction will be completed before the new deadline.

CHITWAN, Jan 3: The Narayanghat-Mugling road section that connects the Capital City with the eastern and western parts of the country will be closed for an additional of half an hour from Tuesday.

CHITWAN, Sept 21: With just one-fourth of the work done in the last 16 months, the completion Narayanghat-Mugling road expansion is unlikely to be done within the deadline of September 2017.

KATHMANDU, July 31: Passengers traveling along the Narayanghat-Mugling road section pray to god inside their vehicles as they travel along the landslide-prone area.

CHITWAN, June 30: The haphazard expansion of Narayanghat-Mugling road section has increased the risk of landslides at several places along the route.