KATHMANDU: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Planning

and Works Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar on Monday inaugurated

Kathmandu-Nijgadh fast-track amidst a function at Budune of Makawanpur

district.

The government has already sanctioned Rs 250 million for the

construction of 76-km road. The government also released Rs 10 million

to the Directorate of Development and Military Engineering Service of

the Nepal Army (NA), which is going to deploy a battalion of army

personnel to undertake the fast track project. The construction will

begin from Malta, Lalitpur and Budune from Monday. The track is

expected to be completed within two years.

Earlier, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was supposed to inaugurate

the function but he could not attain the programme due to his poor

health.