Nepal, March 16 -- Reconstruction of the BP Highway damaged by repeated landslides and floods has been intensified so that it could be brought to use for normal vehicle movement in Kavre section before monsoon.

The shortest route to link the eastern hilly and southern plains to the federal capital, Kathmandu, was damaged heavily during the monsoon last year. The reconstruction was launched from three sections along the Highway.

Chief Senior Divisional Engineer Suman Yogesh informed that they had intensified reconstruction activities to bring to use the Highway in a normal manner. The speed of activities at present suggests the highway operation in full scale in Kavrepalanchok section before the rainy season, according to him.

The BP ...