A total of ten Members of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu registered a motion of urgent public importance on Wednesday regarding the expansion of the Kalanki-Maharajgunj stretch of the Ring Road.

Nepali Congress lawmaker Pradip Paudel proposed the motion, which has been seconded by lawmakers from his party and the Rastriya Swatantra Party.

Lawmakers said that the motion needed to be registered in Parliament because the work on the second phase of the Ring Road expansion has been left in limbo.

They have demanded that the House discuss the issue, as dust and smoke from the road pose a serious health risk and have a long-term impact on the well-being of the public. This situation has affected citizens’ fundamental right to live in a clean environment, the lawmakers said.

“The motion has been registered to make the state accountable for its actions, as the delay in development works has caused frustration among commoners,” reads the motion.

According to the motion, the work remains incomplete even after an alarming five years since the bilateral agreement between Nepal and China to expand the ring road, which was originally planned to be completed within two years.

The motion states that if the expansion work doesn’t proceed, the government should immediately begin the work using its own resources.

Lawmakers Gagan Thapa, Pratima Gautam, Santosh Chalise, Rajan KC, Sobita Gautam, Ganesh Parajuli, Shishir Khanal, Ambika Basnet and Sapana Rajbhandari are among the supporters of the motion registered by Paudel.