CHITWAN, June 11 -- It has already been a year since the completion of Narayangadh-Muglin road expansion, which widened the road to 11 meters. The connecting bridges on the route, however, are yet to be developed accordingly.

And because numerous accidents have been happening around the incomplete bridge areas, the Narayangadh-Muglin Road Project has installed rumble strips near the bridges. Close to the completion of road expansion, the project office had announced that the bridges would be reconstructed within two years.

Despite the announcement, construction has started in only four of the bridges situated in Dasdhunga, Mauri, Khani, and Jalbire, and even a tender process for the rest has not been started till date.

According to Shi...