Myagdi, Oct 2: The project to open and upgrade the road connecting Baragung-Ranipauwa of Mustang to Letang via Muktinath-Purang-Zhong has begun.
Information Officer at the Infrastructure Development Office, Ghanshyam Magar shared that under the project blacktopping of four kilometers from Ranipauwa to Zhong will be undertaken adopting ‘premix’ technology and a seven-kilometer new road from Zhong to Tetang will be constructed.
“The contractor company that was awarded a contract has started construction of the track from Tetang side”, he said, adding that widening of the road has begun for blacktopping in the Ranipauwa-Zhong section in the first phase”.
The Gandaki province government has allocated Rs 100 million for the project. The province government has allocated Rs 16 million for the project in the current fiscal year. It is an alternative road to the Kagbeni-Chusang section of the Kaligandaki Corridor.
Tourists and pilgrims going to Muktinath temple from Kagbeni will find it easier to travel to Upper Mustang through this road.
This road has been given priority as it will facilitate the residents, tourists and pilgrims of Baragung Muktikshetra, Loghekar-Damodarkunda and Lomanthang rural municipalities.
