Kathmandu, May 26 -- The foundation stone has been laid for the 3.2-kilometre section of the BP Highway, from Piple to Barkhekhola, to be constructed as a two-lane road. The 30.5 km section of the highway from Bhakundebesi to Nepalthok was damaged by floods in September 2024.

Of the damaged stretch, 27.3 km has already been contracted, and reconstruction work is underway, while the remaining 3.2 km section has been taken up separately under assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Nearly a year after contracts were awarded for the 27.3 km section, Secretary at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development Gopal Prasad Sigdel and Japan's Ambassador to Nepal Maeda Toru jointly inaugurated the 3.2 km section on Monda...