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CIDCA provides grant for 50km Kathmandu to Rasuwagadi Road Project feasibility study

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•NepalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NepalSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 13, 2019
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2020
End (actual)
Jul 12, 2021

Geospatial footprint

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This project involves the construction of two sections of road. The first section is a 32.4 km section from Tokha in Kathmandu to Chhahare in Nuwakot, and the second section is a 16 km road linking Mailung-Syaphrubesi. More detailed locational information can be found at: Tokha-Chhahare: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=27.7757%2C85.3322%3B27.8723%2C85.2886#map=13/27.7864/85.3696 Mailung-Syaphrubesi: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=28.0705%2C85.2076%3B28.1620%2C85.3401

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Nepal Ministry of Finance

Loan desecription

CIDCA provides grant for 50km Kathmandu to Rasuwagadi Road Project feasibility study

Narrative

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Project narrative

On October 13, 2019, the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nepal Ministry of Finance for a grant supporting feasibility studies for the development of two stretches of road, 32.4 km from Tokha to Chhahare and 19 km from Mailung to Syaphrubesi. The Tokha to Chhahare section requires the construction of a 4.175 km tunnel. A feasibility study for the tunnel conducted by a Chinese technical team began on January 1, 2020. According to Nepal Live Today, the study had been completed as of July 12, 2021. The cost of the study is unknown. Before signing the MoU with CIDCA, the Nepalese Government advertised the Tokha to Chhahare section for private investment; the released proposal listed the construction cost of the section at $265 million USD. These proposed sections are separate from the portion of the Galchhi-Trishuli-Rasuwagadhi Highway supported by a 2016 RMB 1 billion ETCA captured in ID#71750. According to the Kathmandu Post, the Tokha to Chhahare section will "link another road connecting Rasuwagadhi from Dhading’s Galchhi at the Gongote area of Nuwakot." These projects will reportedly reduce the distance required to travel between Kathmandu and Rasuwagadhi via the existing Kathmandu-Rasuwagadhi road.