India to provide NRs 44.48 mln for road construction in Nepal

India would provide NRs 44.48 million grant for the construction of a five-kilometre-long blacktopped road in southern Nepal under a bilateral economic cooperation programme.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between the Indian embassy here and Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport for providing the grant.
The present Gadhiya - Balara - Lakshmipur road in Sarlahi district, connecting the Indo-Nepal Border, is in a dilapidated condition causing huge problems for the daily commuters.
Upgradation of road from earthen to blacktopped will benefit about 50,000 people of the district by providing quality road network, improving the civic services in the district and also creating improved linkages between the border markets of Nepal and India, according to a statement released by the Indian Embassy.

In addition to this project, six more projects in Sarlahi district have already been completed with an Indian assistance of NRs 75.5 million, while work is going on eight projects at a cost of NRs 228.1 million which includes school buildings, river training works, electrification of villages and construction of culverts and drainage.