Vehicles are currently running through diversions, with authorities continuing slope protection and embankment on new track.

Nepal’s first tunnelway is expected to open by mid-July after years of delays, introducing electronic toll collection and cutting travel time.

Draft traffic law with fines from Rs500 to Rs100,000 for pedestrians and motorists sparks criticism over weak infrastructure and disproportionate penalties.

China-funded Rs11 billion project remains stuck despite design nearing completion, with contractor selection expected before the monsoon.

Hundreds of electricity poles remain along construction corridors and continue to hinder major highway projects nationwide.

The decision applies only to vehicles for which letters of credit were opened by May 23 and have already entered the country, officials say.

Work is set to start on underpasses at Satdobato and Ekantakuna next fiscal year, but most of Nepal’s planned tunnel roads are still awaiting feasibility studies.

Officials cite no evidence of wrongdoing regarding the Mustang convoy, while over 200 vehicles continue to face administrative scrutiny at the Rasuwagadhi border.

The vehicles were impounded during inspections over suspected irregularities in imports through northern border points ahead of budget.

Construction of the project may take up to two years to begin amid coordination hurdles and delays in land acquisition.

Provinces split over enforcement as operators question the suspension of new public transport registrations and await clarity on when the restriction will be lifted.

From irrigation projects launched decades ago to highways and transport corridors, many national pride projects remain unfinished after repeated deadline extensions and billions of rupees spent.

Surging bitumen and petroleum prices linked to the conflict in West Asia have disrupted road construction across country, halting blacktopping works and slowing progress on several of Nepal’s largest highway projects.

Of Rs407.88 billion allocated for development projects in the current fiscal year, only Rs124.61 billion has been spent in ten months, with delays blamed on post-protest budget freezes and structural bottlenecks.

Eight years after the first phase was completed, work on the Chinese-funded Kalanki-Basundhara section has yet to begin, leaving key stretches of Kathmandu’s vital orbital road mired in delays.