June 12: The Outer Ring Road Project has reached its implementation phase. The government is publishing a 35-day public notice to acquire land this week for the construction of the first phase 6.9 km Chovar-Gamcha-Satungal section.

Dhruba Sapkota, Chief of Outer Ring Road Project informed that the project which will be constructed through land pooling system, and the project will publish public notice to acquire land for the  construction of the outer ring road, cities and related infrastructure.

Sapkota also made it clear that compensation will not be given to the land owners whose land falls in the Outer Ring Road project. “We will be constructing infrastructure by developing land in Outer Ring Road and not provide compensation,” he stated.  

Similarly, he said that 20 to 42 percent of local land will be taken as grant for land pooling. The land is being taken from the locals as the project aims to construct infrastructure under systematic urbanization.

According to Sapkota, while constructing the outer ring road, 7.8 percent of land will be for road construction and 5 percent each for open space and infrastructure. Though the area of the land owners will decrease, but the price of land will increase drastically, he said.

The Outer Ring Road Project which was only limited to paperwork for the past 13 years is finally starting its construction. With the publication of the detailed project report (DPR) in the Nepal Gazette, the first phase six km Outer Ring Road construction from Satungal to Chovar is going to start soon.

For construction of the remaining 68 km of the road, homework is being done for approval of its detailed project report (DPR).