Nawalparasi East, May 2 -- way concreting has been completed on the eastern section of the Daunne stretch under the ongoing expansion of the Mahendra Highway.

The eastern section, between Dumkibas and Bardaghat, spans 3.9 kilometres. The one-way concreting work on this stretch was completed on Thursday, and traffic is expected to resume within two weeks.

The 114-kilometre highway expansion project has been divided into eastern and western sections. The Chinese contractor, China State Construction Engineering Corporation, is overseeing the project, with a 65-kilometre eastern stretch and a 49-kilometre western stretch.

In most parts of the project area, construction on both sides has been completed, although one-way work remains at a fe...