Nepali Army claimed that it committed to complete construction of Kathmandu-Tarai Expressway on time – by May 13, 2024 – though it has been delayed due to some technical reasons including cabinet’s delay in endorsing Detailed Project Report (DPR).
Organising a press meet at its headquarters today, the Nepali Army Brigadier General Sharad Lal Shrestha, who heads the Expressway Project, said that they are preparing for an integrated package of high bridges, tunnel and road works after they received DPR from the government. “The army expects to complete the 72.5-km long Kathmandu-Nijgadh Expressway on time and also hand it over to the government.”
Shrestha said that the army is currently in the process to shortlist consultants for geo-technical and geophysical investigation of the areas, where tunnels are being built as part of the Expressway. Stating that geo-technical report will be ready by mid-July 2020, he said that the construction of tunnels will be started by the selected international construction companies.
On the occasion, Nepali Army spokesperson Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey also informed that the construction is expected to gain momentum after the cabinet approved its detailed project report (DPR) on August 21. “The DPR of the project had been submitted by a South Korean firm Soosung Engineering and Consulting Company to the Nepali Army on February 4. The DPR was later forwarded to the cabinet for approval by the Ministry of Defence on March 16.”
According to the new DPR, the project will be constructed according to ‘Asian Highway Class I’ standards, which means the highway will have four or more lanes and the construction material used for the pavement will be asphalt or cement concrete.
Likewise, the construction cost of the project has been estimated at Rs 175.19 billion – which is Rs 63.19 billion more than the earlier estimate of Rs 112 billion – according to the new DPR. “The consultant has determined the estimated cost of the project based on the government set rate and international standards,” he claimed.
Of the total 72.5-km-long Expressway, some 55.2-km stretch will be roads, 6.41-km tunnels and the remaining 10.59-km will be bridges, according to the DRP that has planned three tunnels – one 3.35-km-long tunnel in Mahadev Danda of Lalitpur district, another 1.63-km-long in Dhandre Danda and the third 1.43-km-long tunnel in Len Danda of Makawanpur district – apart from 71 small and big bridges along the Expressway.
Organising a press meet at its headquarters today, the Nepali Army Brigadier General Sharad Lal Shrestha, who heads the Expressway Project, said that they are preparing for an integrated package of high bridges, tunnel and road works after they received DPR from the government. “The army expects to complete the 72.5-km long Kathmandu-Nijgadh Expressway on time and also hand it over to the government.”
Shrestha said that the army is currently in the process to shortlist consultants for geo-technical and geophysical investigation of the areas, where tunnels are being built as part of the Expressway. Stating that geo-technical report will be ready by mid-July 2020, he said that the construction of tunnels will be started by the selected international construction companies.
On the occasion, Nepali Army spokesperson Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey also informed that the construction is expected to gain momentum after the cabinet approved its detailed project report (DPR) on August 21. “The DPR of the project had been submitted by a South Korean firm Soosung Engineering and Consulting Company to the Nepali Army on February 4. The DPR was later forwarded to the cabinet for approval by the Ministry of Defence on March 16.”
According to the new DPR, the project will be constructed according to ‘Asian Highway Class I’ standards, which means the highway will have four or more lanes and the construction material used for the pavement will be asphalt or cement concrete.
Likewise, the construction cost of the project has been estimated at Rs 175.19 billion – which is Rs 63.19 billion more than the earlier estimate of Rs 112 billion – according to the new DPR. “The consultant has determined the estimated cost of the project based on the government set rate and international standards,” he claimed.
Of the total 72.5-km-long Expressway, some 55.2-km stretch will be roads, 6.41-km tunnels and the remaining 10.59-km will be bridges, according to the DRP that has planned three tunnels – one 3.35-km-long tunnel in Mahadev Danda of Lalitpur district, another 1.63-km-long in Dhandre Danda and the third 1.43-km-long tunnel in Len Danda of Makawanpur district – apart from 71 small and big bridges along the Expressway.
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