Nepal, May 7 -- The Department of Roads has decided not to introduce any new road construction projects in the upcoming fiscal year 2025/26. It will allocate the budget solely for ongoing and previously approved projects.

Umesh Bindu Shrestha, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and Head of the Planning Division at the Department of Roads, said that senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, the National Planning Commission, and the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure reached a consensus to exclude new road-related programs from the next fiscal year's budget. "We agreed to allocate the upcoming fiscal year's budget only for ongoing and existing programs," Shrestha said.

Bhimarjun Adhikari, spokes...