Sarlahi section witnesses 90% progress in east-west electric railway

Barahathawa / May 11: Ninety per cent of construction activities under the East-West Electric Railway have been completed in Sarlahi district. The East-West Electric Railway is a national pride project.

Information officer of the project, engineer Bhuwaneshwor Yadav, shared that 90 per cent of construction under the project was over in the Sarlahi section in six years of contract.

The 30-km track opening from Banke Stream in the east to Bagmati River in the west under the section is however underway.

Yadav mentioned that activities to set up a base in the railway under the ongoing first-phase track of the project would be completed soon. The construction company has accelerated the activities.

Activities to open track were stalled in some places after the Sagarmatha Forest Project and the Murtiya Forest Office did not clear trees reasoning that some farmers of Hariban municipality-5 refused to receive compensation. The progress of this section is therefore zilch.

Engineer Yadav however mentioned that the construction is snail-paced in recent period.

According to the Project Office, Lalbandi, the construction company is still to get payment even after completing the stipulated activities. RSS