SINDHUPALCHOK, March 24 -- Road upgradation work on the Khadichaur-Mude section of the 55-km-long Lamosanghu-Charikot road has been halted since Friday.

Gauri Parbati, a construction company responsible for the upgradation of the road section, stopped work citing insecurities and lack of payment from authorities concerned. "We continued work after Gauri Parbati Sunaulo Khimti JV abandoned it.

We have not received payment of Rs60 million for the work we completed so far.

Moreover, the local people have issued death threats to some of our workers. There is not a suitable working environment for us," said Lok Bahadur Shrestha, site-in-charge of Gauri Parbati Construction Company. He said that the construction company informed the local ad...