Jomsom: The project has stated that Rs 5.13 billion has been spent on the Beni-Jomsom-Korla road project under the Kaligandaki Corridor connecting North / South. The government has been continuously upgrading roads since FY 2073/07 with the objective of connecting the North Korla border crossing of Tibet and Mustang, an autonomous region of China.
Under the North / South Highway, Beni-Jomsom-Korla Road Project has been allocated Rs. 1 billion 52.52 million out of which Rs. 13 million was allocated, Rs. 1.31 billion in FY 2075/76, Rs. 1.31 billion in FY 2076/77, Rs. 90.25 million in FY 2076/77 and Rs. The project has stated that Rs. 935 million has been spent out of Rs.
Under the Beni-Jomsom-Korla road of national pride, Rs. 813.2 million has been spent on road upgrading and Rs. 128.7 million on bridge construction in the fiscal year 2077/78. The budget of Rs. 228.7 million for road construction and Rs. 76.7 million for bridge construction has been frozen. Under the Beni-Jomsom-Korla road project of national pride, Jomsom-Korla 76 km road is being upgraded in 4 sections and Jomsom-Korla road section in 7 packages. Similarly, about 3 dozen bridges are under construction on the Beni-Jomsom-Korla road section, contract agreement and some have been completed.
Of the seven packages of Jomsom-Korla road under the project, the work of 4 gravel road packages has been handed over to the corridor while the work of the remaining 3 packages has reached the final stage, said project chief Yadav. Similarly, the Beni-Jomsom 76 km blacktop road work has not progressed as expected due to floods/landslides and river erosion during the monsoon season and the development work of the project has been affected due to the risk of transmission of coronavirus as a global epidemic.
