Mustang: The Beni-Jomsom-Korala Road Project, which forms part of the Kaligandaki Corridor linking the northern and southern regions, has achieved 84 percent physical progress.

Since its launch, the Korala Road Project has undertaken 43 sub-projects with a total contract value of Rs 7.90 billion, of which Rs 6.64 billion has already been expended.

Project Chief Dhruba Jha stated that all 43 sub-projects have been implemented up to the current fiscal year. The project has successfully constructed and commissioned 20 roads and 23 bridges or culverts stretching from Maldhunga in Parbat to the Korala transit point.

Regarding physical progress, six sections of the 110 kilometres of gravel roads from Jomsom to Korala have been completed and handed over by the construction companies. The 25-kilometre Charang-Chhoser road is nearing completion.

In Myagdi district, a three-kilometre asphalt paving segment along the Beni-Galeshwor section has been over. Likewise, the Kaiku-Khanti section, part of the third segment of the Beni-Jomsom road, has been blacktopped and handed over to the corridor road project, according to the project chief.

Along the Beni-Jomsom stretch, the upgrading of the roads between Galeshwor-Tatopani, Tatopani-Ghansa, and Khanti-Jomsom has neared the completion, the project office said.

Under the 74 kilometres long Beni-Jomsom road, the third section from Kaiku of Khanti of Mustang has been already constructed and handed to the Road Division Office, Baglung. “Out of the 74 kilometers of the Beni-Jomsom road, 20 kilometres have been completed,” Jha confirmed.

Among the 23 bridges and pipelines under the Kaligandaki Corridor project, the construction of bridges over the Kaiku, Larjung, Seto, Ghami, and Marpha rivers in Mustang is progressing swiftly. According to project information officer Bishnu Chapagain, all the bridges currently under construction are in their final stages.