Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, has directed the stakeholders to expedite the development of Beni-Jomsom-Korala road section of the Kaligandaki corridor.

During an inspection visit to the site on Saturday, Minister Jwala directed the contractors to speed up the construction work, adding that ‘everyone's attention is drawn to the dillydallying in the national pride Kaligandaki corridor'.

The Minister shared that the monitoring was done to explore the key reason behind the slow progress in the project and assured to hold discussions soon with the concerned bodies to ensure speedy construction of the road section.

Minister Jwala, who arrived here along with Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Management of Gandaki Province Resham Bahadur Jugjali and other officials from the federal and provincial governments, visited the landside-hit areas at Baisari and Sirubari in Raghuganga Rural Municipality-2, Myagdi.

The estimated cost of the project is Rs 7.55 billion and a total of Rs 6 billion plus has already been spent till the last fiscal year.

So far, 85 kms of the road section has been graveled and 19 kms is blacktopped and 18 motorable bridges and three belly bridges have been completed, Project Chief Dhruba Jha said.