Kathmandu, June 3 -- In a bid to prevent obstruction of waste disposal during the monsoon season, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City has expedited maintenance of the road to the Bancharedanda landfill in Nuwakot.

Officials say road maintenance works are in full swing in various places along the Tinpiple-Bancharedanda road section, and contractors have been asked to complete the tasks at the earliest.

"Most of the construction works-concretisation, blacktopping, pothole filling, drainage cleaning, landslide debris removal will be completed within weeks," said Uddhab Nepal, site in-charge of the metropolis. "Construction of a retaining wall in Sisdole may take longer time to complete, but the contractors are working there too."

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