Parsa, March 10 -- The Supreme Court on Monday resolved a long-standing dispute over the expansion of the main road of Birgunj Metropolitan City, clearing the way for work that had been stalled for nearly two decades.

A division bench of Justices Binod Sharma and Mahesh Sharma Poudel dismissed all five writ petitions, allowing the Division Road Office in Hetauda to proceed with widening the main road by 25 metres on both sides.

The 28th hearing of the case began last Tuesday, continued on Wednesday, and concluded with the dismissal of all petitions, according to Dhan Bahadur Thapa, a lawyer representing the metropolitan side.

Advocates Ishwar Baral and Subhash Pokharel also represented the city, while a team of experts, including senio...