Four link roads to Fast Track planned

KATHMANDU, MAY 19 -The Ministry of Physical Planning and Works has decided to construct four link roads from Khokana, the starting point of the proposed Kathmandu-Tarai Fast Track Road, to provide access to the expressway from various points in the Kathmandu Valley.

According to the plan set by the High Level Direction Committee headed by Physical Planning Minister Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, the four roads will lead from Khokana to Harisiddhi, Satungal, Nakkhu or Ekantakuna and the Balkhu-Dakshinkali Road Saroj Man Shrestha, project manager of the Fast Track Project, said that the link roads were important for joining the Fast Track Road with the valley as no progress had been made on the Outer Ring Road Project.

Dashain Mass Movement

KATHMANDu, OCT 10--Kathmandu Valley is the probably only one place in the world from where almost half of its population migrates for a certain period. And, that is not any other occasion than Dashain—the biggest festival of Hindu that turns the Valley’s houses and busy streets into almost empty condition for about a week.

There is an estimated 4 million living in the Valley. Once the vacation for Dashain--the ten days festival starts on Oct 16, thousands of people living in the Valley will start rushing to their ancestral homes by air, public buses and private vehicles to different parts of the country for celebrating the festival with beloved family members and relatives.

“Busy markets like Newroad and Ason remain almost vacant in Dashain holidays,” said Dhruba Man Dangol, 67, Jaisidewal, Kathmandu, who is a native of Kathmandu. He said that the rented rooms, houses and shops owned by people outside the Valley also get closed and busy Valley roads too looks clear.