The government has set aside Rs 31 billion for the expansion of East-West Highway.
Presenting the annual budget for the fiscal year 2023/24 in a joint meeting of the federal Parliament today, Finance MinisterPrakash Sharan Mahat said that the expansion and upgrading of Narayangarh-Butwal and Kamala-Kanchanpur road sections would be completed within the coming fiscal year.
Similarly, upgrading of Kamala-Dhalkebar-Pathalaiya, Butwal-Gorusinge, Kakadvitta-Laukahi, Pathalaiya-Narayangadh and Lamahi-Bhalubang road sections would be started.
Signature bridges would be constructed over the Narayani river and Tinau river, he added.
The finance minister said that Rs 31.02 billion has been allocated for expansion and upgrading of East-West Highway. The government would focus its investment in easy, safe, quality and sustainable transport infrastructures to facilitate citizen's lives and to prepare the basis of economic development, he said.