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By Our Reporter

The BP Highway constructed by the Japan Government suffered a massive destruction in the recent floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall of September 27 and 28.

Over 12 kilometres of the highway was completely destroyed in the eve of the Dashain festival mostly by the floods in the Roshi River. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded at different locations of the road in the eve of the Dashain festival.

When the BP Highway, the shortest one to connect the districts of eastern Tarai and Hill to Kathmandu, was damaged, many people suffered a lot during Dashain when they travelled to villages to mark the festival with family members. Now the government has managed to open a temporary track to resume the highway for light vehicles.

It is said that the government needs at least Rs. 20 billion to reconstruct the damaged highway which it cannot manage on its own.

After the road came into operation in 2015, most people of eastern Nepal have been using the highway to travel to Kathmandu. But now they have to use the Tribhuwan Highway or Prithvi Highway which are longer than it.

Recently, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli reportedly requested the government of Japan to repair the road.  

Prime Minister Oli, according to media reports, made the request during a meeting with Japanese Ambassador Kikuta Yutaka on Wednesday last week.

 “The recent floods and landslides have badly damaged the BP Highway and it would take a huge amount of money and technical resources to rebuild it,” Oli was quoted as saying to ambassador Kikuta. “So we want Japanese support once again.”

During a meeting with the Japanese ambassador, PM Oli d said he was expecting technical and financial support from the Japanese government.

According to the government assessment, it might need Rs. 20–25 billion for rebuilding the highway.