"Dhulikhel"

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23 September 2025

Vehicles pass through the damaged Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway that runs through Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The construction of the Dhulikhel-Khawa road section under the Araniko Highway remains uncertain. The road construction project comes to a standstill after the contract with the construction company is terminated due to failure to complete the work within the stipulated and extended deadlines. A contract agreement is signed between the Road Division Office, Bhaktapur, and Gauri Parbati Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd on June 3, 2022, for the expansion of the 4.155-kilometre Dhulikhel-Khawa road section, with a deadline of 22 months, which expires on April 1, 2024.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles pass through the damaged Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway that runs through Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The construction of the Dhulikhel-Khawa road section under the Araniko Highway remains uncertain. The road construction project comes to a standstill after the contract with the construction company is terminated due to failure to complete the work within the stipulated and extended deadlines. A contract agreement is signed between the Road Division Office, Bhaktapur, and Gauri Parbati Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd on June 3, 2022, for the expansion of the 4.155-kilometre Dhulikhel-Khawa road section, with a deadline of 22 months, which expires on April 1, 2024.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles pass through the damaged Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway that runs through Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The construction of the Dhulikhel-Khawa road section under the Araniko Highway remains uncertain. The road construction project comes to a standstill after the contract with the construction company is terminated due to failure to complete the work within the stipulated and extended deadlines. A contract agreement is signed between the Road Division Office, Bhaktapur, and Gauri Parbati Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd on June 3, 2022, for the expansion of the 4.155-kilometre Dhulikhel-Khawa road section, with a deadline of 22 months, which expires on April 1, 2024.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles pass through the damaged Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway that runs through Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The construction of the Dhulikhel-Khawa road section under the Araniko Highway remains uncertain. The road construction project comes to a standstill after the contract with the construction company is terminated due to failure to complete the work within the stipulated and extended deadlines. A contract agreement is signed between the Road Division Office, Bhaktapur, and Gauri Parbati Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd on June 3, 2022, for the expansion of the 4.155-kilometre Dhulikhel-Khawa road section, with a deadline of 22 months, which expires on April 1, 2024.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles pass through the damaged Dhulikhel-Khawa section of the Araniko Highway that runs through Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The construction of the Dhulikhel-Khawa road section under the Araniko Highway remains uncertain. The road construction project comes to a standstill after the contract with the construction company is terminated due to failure to complete the work within the stipulated and extended deadlines. A contract agreement is signed between the Road Division Office, Bhaktapur, and Gauri Parbati Nirman Sewa Pvt. Ltd on June 3, 2022, for the expansion of the 4.155-kilometre Dhulikhel-Khawa road section, with a deadline of 22 months, which expires on April 1, 2024.

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#12788654

23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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#12788670

23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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#12788672

23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles navigate through the under-construction Sanga-Dhulikhel road section along the Araniko Highway in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal on September 23, 2025. The 16-kilometer-long road is divided into two sections, from Suryabinayak to Sanga and from Sanga to Dhulikhel, and the expansion work is underway accordingly. Currently, 37 percent of the Suryabinayak-Sanga section and 50 percent of the Sanga-Dhulikhel section are completed. Under the project, an agreement is reached for the expansion of the 8.4-km road section from Sanga to Dhulikhel in the first phase at a cost of NRs 4.56 billion and the Suryabinayak-Sanga road section, which starts in the second phase at a cost of NRs 3.889 billion.

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#12788450

23 September 2025

Commuters and vehicles struggle through thick dust along an under-construction road in Dhulikhel, Nepal, on September 23, 2025.

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23 September 2025

Vehicles struggle through thick dust along an under-construction road in Dhulikhel, Nepal, on September 23, 2025.

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#12397042

22 May 2025

Dust covers the atmosphere of Banepa as the upgrade of Araniko Highway in the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel section progresses in Kavrepalanchowk District of Nepal on May 22, 2025. The 16-kilometer stretch of Araniko Highway, which joins Kathmandu with the Chinese border, is being upgraded to Asian standard. Work is currently underway in the Suryabinayak-Dhulikhel section where the two-lane is being upgraded to a six-lane expressway. It has four motorable tracks and two service tracks on either side.

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