Dhorpatan connected to road network

Myagdi. A track of road connecting Myagdi and Dhorpatan of Baglung has been opened. The road is considered an alternative route to the Baglung section along the Mid Hill Highway and a ‘lifeline’ of Mangala, Malika, and Dhawalagiri municipalities in Myagdi.

The Beni-Darwang-Muna-Jaljala-Dhorpatan road is a short route connecting Dhorpatan with eastern Rukum from Kathmandu and Pokhara via Benighat. With the federal government budget of Rs 50 million, the Road Division Office in Baglung has constructed the track of the road from Dhawalagiri-2, Mereni to Jaljala in Dhorpatan, informed Chairperson of Dhawalagiri Rural Municipality, Prem Prasad Pun.

‘About nine kilometers of road track has been constructed from the forest above Mereni towards Jaljala. A 10-km dirt road had already connected from Dhorpatan to Jaljala,’ he said. ‘Although the dozer has reached Jaljala, transportation can only start after the leveling work is completed.’ Construction of the road had started from Beni some 27 years ago.

A track having a length of around 64 kilometers from Benighat to Jaljala through Muna-Khoriya-Mareni has been opened. It is stated that construction of the road from Benighat to Takshera in the eastern Rukum would shorten the distance by 70 kilometers compared to the Baglung section of the Mid-Hill Highway.