Two Chinese companies will be involved in constructing a part of Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track project, one of the National Pride Projects in Nepal, after the Nepal Army signed a contract with them recently, a senior military official said.
"Separate contracts were signed with China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd and Poly Changda Engineering Co. Ltd for the construction of three tunnels, a few bridges and a partial road under the Fast Track project," Brigadier General Shantosh Ballave Poudyal, spokesperson for the Nepal Army said.
The Nepali government in 2017 authorized the Nepal Army to develop this highly prioritized project. Once developed, this 72.5-km expressway will link the capital Kathmandu with southeastern Nijgadh town of the Bara district and cut travel time to less than an hour from several hours now.
The Nepal army is developing this project by separating it in 11 different clusters."The cluster where the two Chinese contractors will be involved is considered as the most complicated section of the entire road project because of need to construct the tunnels," said Poudyal.