Nepal
Purwadhar Bikash Company (Nepal Infrastructure Development Company) has decided
to start the construction of Kathmandu-Kulekhani- Hetauda Tunnel Highway from
November 11.
During the
annual general meeting here today, chairman of Nepal Purwadhar Bikash Company
Kush Kumar Joshi said that the company will start the 58-km tunnel road construction
from November 11.
The AGM of
the company that was established to construct big infrastructure projects like tunnel
roads, has also planned to simplify the process to include more interested individual
investors and institutional investors in the tunnel road that is expected to not
only shorten the distance between Hetauda and Kathmandu but also save fuel
consumption.
The company is
however, yet to complete environment impact assessment (EIA) study – that is
mandatory – of the project.
The Environment
Protection Act 1997 has made it mandatory for developers of large scale project
to complete EIA study – that will assess the possible impacts of the project on
environment, social and economic aspects in the project sites and devise
measures to mitigate such impacts – before the ground-breaking.
The Rs 34.5
billion ambitious tunnel highway that links Kathmandu with Tarai reducing the
distance to 58-km has received the permission to begin EIA study with approved
Terms of Reference and scoping document in January from the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Environment.
The proposed
tunnel highway that has three tunnels – with the longest one of 3.4- km long –
and 15 bridges, is the first of its kind of infrastructure that is being
financed and constructed by the public.
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