Nepal, Jan. 29 -- Rita Sharma, a 30-year-old local from Suldanda in ward 6 of Kathekola Rural Municipality in Baglung district, has been suffering from dust mite allergy along with respiratory complications due to the dust and pollution coming from the under-construction Khahare-Ghodabandhe road under the Mid-Hill Highway.

The 20-kilometre Khahare-Ghodabandhe road was opened 26 years ago by the government as a rural road, and later in the fiscal year 2013-2014, it was incorporated into the Mid-Hill Highway with an addition of 5 kilometres. The 25-kilometre road serves as the only connection between the remote wards of Kathekola Rural Municipality and the district headquarters.

Sharma said that the 5-kilometre section within the Baglung ...