TAHAHUN, July 16: A nine-kilometer section of the road stretching from Byas Municipality-5, Ranitari, to Myagde Rural Municipality-4, Ghumti has been blacktopped.
The road has been blacktopped and upgraded, aiming to develop it as an alternative route to the Prithvi Highway.
53- kilometer stretch of Mugling-Pokhara road blacktopped

Chief of the Infrastructure Development Office, Rabindra Tiwari informed that the blacktopping has been carried out a year prior to the completion time.
The office had awarded a contract of Rs 366.29 million for the upgrading of the road. The distance from Ranitari to Ghumti is 9.2 km. Out of the total distance, 7.3 km has been blacktopped with the use of asphalt technology, while RCC has been done on 1.9 km.