A plan of linking every municipality ward with a main road has been brought in Bhaktapur in view of the increasing population and urbanization.
This plan was brought up in a discussion program on the theme of upgrading the already existing roads organized by the Ministry of Urban Development and the Kathmandu Valley Development Authority.
During the discussion, the stakeholders also agreed to expedite the road expansion works in the Bhaktapur district.
The ‘One Ward, One Main Road’ concept is to be implemented in a campaign giving highest priority to the development of physical infrastructures in Bhaktapur.
In this connection, the Authority and the local people’s representatives have agreed to upgrade 18 various roads in the district. These include the Aadarsha-Ghyampedanda road, the Patletaar-Anantalingeshwar road, the Surya Binayak Chowk- Krishna Mandir- Prani Uddyan road and the Saraswotikhel- Mulpani road.
The Authority has put only one condition that there should not be any dispute in the road construction works to take forward the road upgrading project.
Authority’s Chief Commissioner Dr. Bhaikaji Tiwari said the Authority was ready to implement the development projects if the people’s representatives brought pro-people development projects.
He added that the detailed project report of most of the roads has been prepared for carrying ahead the road expansion works.
Saying boundary dispute should be resolved for the road expansion, Chief of Kathmandu Valley Road Expansion Project, Deepak KC, clarified that contract process for the road expansion could not be forwarded if the dispute was not resolved.
Similarly, Chief of Department of Urban Development and Building Construction Division Maniram Gela said that the government was ready to resolve all problems to be surfaced in course of development construction.
Member of House of Representatives Mahesh Basnet said that the government has already forwarded national pride projects like education, health, roads, city hall and smart city in a procedural basis.
Mayor of Suryabinayak municipality Basudev Thapa said the local government would resolve border dispute to be surfaced in course of road expansion and other development construction.
