This 23 km existing road forms a part of construction access road to mega water supply project (originally estimated to cost US $ 464.0 million Melamchi Water Supply Project) intake site to facilitate inter basin transfer of 510 MLD of water via 26 km long tunnel to Nepal’s capital Kathmandu. The single lane road is to be upgraded to ferry heavy construction vehicles using otta seal pavement. The road runs through hills and river sides requiring extensive application of heavy retaining structures for river training and slope protection.
Provision of consulting services includes review of detailed engineering design undertaken by Norplan, a Norwegian company, carryout changes as necessary and provide complete supervision services for internationally procured contract, where Marushin Shitaka, a Japanese company leads the consortium.