Bridge photo courtesy: Jackson.se7en.

A prohibitory order has been enforced in Pokhara,since April 28 of this year,owing to the apparent spread of the second wave of the fatal contagion in Kaski district.

However, the authorities have derived benefit from this lockdown period to proceed with the development work of several projects.

Pokhara.

Roadwork Repair : Pokhara Metropolitan City at an estimated cost of Rs 370 million has been repairing various road sections across Pokhara under the supervision of Road division office, Pokhara as well as Gandaki Province Infrastructure Development office, using the Asphalt Concrete technology on the pavements to ensure the smooth running and lessen the depreciation of the vehicles. Meanwhile, a construction company is also hired under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development,Gandaki Province.Some of them are given below.

Rakhi-Mijure Road connecting Bijaypur to Begnas, Bijaypur-Kalika-Sourya Road, Three Road segment connecting several main places in Pokhara like New Road-Siddhartha chowk-Chipleydunga-Mahendrapool-Nadipur-Bagar-KI Singh chowk-Ranipauwa to Amar Singh chowk, RastraBank chowk-Ratna chowk-Zero kilometer to Prithvi chowk,Mustang chowk-Shahid chowk-Barahighat- Hallanchowk to Kahare. 

At the same time, the public is genuinely happy with the maintenance work because of the cracks and potholes on the pavement have triggered many problems like deterioration of fuel efficiency, congestion,traffic accidents, among others. A local,Binod Shrestha shares that,with the upgraded roads its much more safer to ride while reducing the consumption of excess gasoline. Another,resident Hari Pun of  Bijaypur was looking forward to the patch work restoration in the Rakhi-Mijure section since with such initiation, the tourism sector in that area will foster as the road condition is nowhere good here,such that people are hesitant to explore this side.