Vehicular movement along the Pokhara-Baglung road section has been closed for six hours effective from Saturday to expedite road expansion project.

The concerned authority has urged commuters and vehicles plying along the highway to reschedule their time accordingly.

The road section from Girichok to Nayapul has been closed for six hours daily. The Apex Construction Company Pvt is carrying out the construction project. The road section has been closed from 7 to 8:30 and 9:30 to 10:30 am in the morning. Similarly, the road section is closed again 12:30 to 2 pm and 3 to 5 in the day time.

The company site In-charge Kashiraj Bohara has shared that the schedule could be changed after analyzing the pressure of the passengers and the nature of the construction works.

The project is forwarding at a total cost of Rs 3.32 billion. RSS